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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. As of 2019 its population was 766.[1]

For the name, see Ben-Ami.
Ben Ami
בֶּן עַמִּי‎
Ben Ami
Ben Ami
Coordinates: 33°0′23″N 35°7′29″E
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMatte Asher
AffiliationMoshavim movement
Founded1949
Founded byDemobilized IDF Soldiers
Population
 (2019)[1]
766

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


  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 82. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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