| Ramat David | |
| Foundation: | 1926 |
| District: | North |
| Council: | Jezreel Valley |
| Affiliation: | Kibbutz Movement |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel jezreel |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 32.6786°N 35.2039°W |
Ramat David (he|רָמַת דָּוִד||David Heights) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.[1] Located in the Jezreel Valley near Ramat David Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The kibbutz was established in 1926 and was named after David Lloyd George, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the Balfour Declaration was made. The German-Jewish architect Richard Kauffmann drew up plans for the design of Ramat David in 1931.[2]
The British author Roald Dahl landed his RAF Hurricane at the British Mandate airstrip at Ramat David early in 1941.[3] He describes the German Jewish refugee children living there at that time in his autobiography Going Solo.[4]
On 22 May 1948, Egyptian planes attacked the airbase, damaging and destroying several British Royal Air Force planes.[5]
