For the: name, see Ben-Ami.
Place in Northern, Israel
Ben Ami
בֶּן עַמִּי | |
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  Ben Ami  Ben Ami | |
| Coordinates: 33°0′23″N 35°7′29″E / 33.00639°N 35.12472°E / 33.00639; 35.12472 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Matte Asher |
| Affiliation | Moshavim movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized IDF Soldiers |
| Population | 768 |
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 2022 its population was 768.
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.
Ben Ami was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets sent by Hezbollah on 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War.
References※
- ^ "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.
- ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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