Ben Ami
Ben Ami (Hebrew: בֶּן עַמִּי) is an agricultural settlement in the Northern District of Israel. Located next to Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2018 its population was 775.[1]
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| Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Matte Asher |
| Affiliation | Moshavim movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Population (2018)[1] | 775 |
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on lands which had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian villages of al-Nahr and Umm al-Faraj.[2][3]
Ben Ami was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets sent by Hezbollah on 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War.
References
- "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 28, 35. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 82. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
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