Margaliot
Margaliot
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| Coordinates: 33°12′52″N 35°32′41″E / 33.21444°N 35.54472°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founded by | Jewish immigrants from Yemen and Iraq. |
| Population (2022)[1] | 412 |
Margaliot (Template:Lang-he-n; Arabic: هونين) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located along the border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee, near the town of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 412,[1] most of them Jews of Iranian Kurdistan descent.
History
Margaliot was established in 1951, by Jewish immigrants from Yemen and Iraq, on the site of the Palestinian town of Hunin, which itself was a village based on[2] the site as rebuilt by Crusaders. The moshav was renamed after Chaim Margaliot Kalverisky, who headed the Jewish Colonization Association in the Galilee in the early twentieth century, and participated in the establishment of several Jewish settlements in the area.[citation needed]
In 2006, 230 residents of Margaliot were evacuated to the Neve Hadassah youth village near Netanya due to Katyusha rocket fire from Lebanon.[3]
Notable residents
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Freundlich, Amir (September 2007). "Hunin Fortress: Preliminary plan for conservation and development". Conservation Department: Heritage Preservation in Israel. Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Azoulay, Yuval (July 18, 2006). "Moshav Margaliot relocates to Netanya". Haaretz. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
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- Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council
- Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel
- Moshavim
- District of Safad
- Populated places in the South Governorate
- Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
- Geography of Israel
- Geography of Lebanon
- Israel–Lebanon border
- Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel
- Populated places established in 1951
- 1951 establishments in Israel
- Crusader castles