Gonen (, lit. Defending) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Finger of the Galilee near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 314. The village was established in 1951 as a Nahal settlement, and was civilianised a year later by a group of Hebrew Scouts. It was the first Nahal settlement to convert to civilian control. Its name is symbolic and remembers the defence of the area from the Syrian army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.