Ben Ami
Ben Ami
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| Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E / 33.006500°N 35.1246000°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Matte Asher |
| Affiliation | Moshavim movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Population (2022)[1] | 768 |
Ben Ami (Template:Lang-he-n) 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 2022 its population was 768.[1]
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
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ 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.
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