Editing Nahal (section)

==History==
In 1948, a ''gar'in'' (core group) of Jewish pioneers wrote to Israel's first and then-current Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]], requesting that members be allowed to do their military service as a group rather than being split up into different units at random. In response to this letter, Ben-Gurion created the Nahal program, which combined military service and farming.

Some 108 [[kibbutzim]] and agricultural settlements were established by the Nahal, many of them on Israel's borders.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/nahal.html Nahal Brigade ]</ref>

Members of Nahal units, known as ''garinei Nahal'' (Nahal seeds) have served together in various army units, most famously in the ''Nahal Mutznakh'' (Airborne Nahal) battalion of the [[Paratroopers Brigade (IDF)|Paratroopers Brigade]], the reserve battalion of which was instrumental in the Israeli victory in the Battle of [[Jerusalem]] during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]. Many settlements founded by Nahal units in [[Galilee]], the [[Negev]], and the [[West Bank]] are still thriving today, including settlements formerly located in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. Today, a gar'in is usually a group formed by a youth movement, such as the [[Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation|Israeli Scouts]], for the purpose of volunteer work.