Ben Ami

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Ben Ami

בֶּן עַמִּי‎
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Ben Ami is located in Northwest Israel
Ben Ami
Ben Ami
Ben Ami is located in Israel
Ben Ami
Ben Ami
Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E / 33.006500°N 35.1246000°E / 33.006500; 35.1246000Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E / 33.006500°N 35.1246000°E / 33.006500; 35.1246000
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMatte Asher
AffiliationMoshavim movement
Founded1949
Founded byDemobilized soldiers
Population
 (2019)[1]
766

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]

History[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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.CS1 maint: others (link)