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Naftali Mountains
Naftali Mountains () is a mountain range between Lebanon and Upper Galilee, Israel. The western side gradually changes into the highlands of southern Lebanon. The eastern side sharply descends into the Hula Valley of Israel. They are a part of the watershed between the basins of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The area was the place of heavy fighting in 1948 during the 1948 Palestine war. Geography The Israeli side of Naftali Mountains rises about 300 meters above the agricultural areas of Hula Valley. The southern part of the mountains is marked by the Dishon Stream. In the Lebanoni side, the northern border of the mountains is marked by the Litani River. The ridge's length is estimated to be about 25 km long and 10 km wide. The height of the ridge ranges between 450 and 880 meters high. Israeli populated places in the mountains (from north to south) are: Misgav Am, Margaliot, Manara, Israel, Manara, Ramot Naftali, Malkia, Avivim and Dishon. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Galilee
The Upper Galilee (, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; , ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terrain. The term "Upper Galilee" is ancient, and has been in use since the end of the Second Temple period. From a political perspective, the Upper Galilee is situated within the administrative boundaries of the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. The Upper Galilee is known for its natural beauty, including lush landscapes, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, Mediterranean forests, and scenic vistas. Significant natural sites include Nahal Amud and the Keshet Cave. It's also an area where vineyards and wineries thrive, producing quality wines. Mount Meron stands as the highest point in the area, reaching an elevation of 1,208 meters above sea level. Safed is a main city in the region and also hosts an Artists Quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litani River
The Litani River (), the classical Leontes (), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre. Exceeding in length, the Litani is the longest river that flows entirely in Lebanon and provides an average annual flow estimated at 920 million cubic meters (over 240 million Imperial gallons or 243 million U.S. gallons). The Litani provides a major source for water supply, irrigation and hydroelectricity both within Southern Lebanon, and the country as a whole. Etymology The Litani is named after the Ugaritic deity Ltn (reconstructed pronunciation ''līyitānu''), a seven-headed sea serpent and servant of the sea god Yam. The ''ī'' in the Lebanese name preserves the hypothesized ''ī'' in Ugaritic. Robert Rose writes that the deity is the river, which that winds and coils like a serpent through the Beqaa Valley, personified. History Historians in the past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dishon
Dishon () is a moshav in northern Israel. It is located near the border with Lebanon, within the Naftali Mountains, near the Dishon Stream. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of it had a population of . History Dishon was established in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from Libya, on the Palestinian village of Dayshum which was expelled by force during the 1948 Palestine war. Its name is a variation of the name of the Palestinian village. Dishon ATVs is the oldest All-terrain vehicle, ATV tours company in Israel, offering offroad trips by ATV and wikt:jeep, jeep in the Galilee, Hula Valley and Golan Heights. In the Gaza war, 2023 conflict between Hamas and Israel, Hezbollah targeted northern Israeli border communities, forcing evacuations, including in Dishon. References Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1953 1953 establishments in Israel Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel {{Israel-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avivim
Avivim () is a moshav in Israel, in the northernmost part of Upper Galilee, less than one kilometre (3,000 feet) from the Blue Line with Lebanon. In , its population was . History Mandatory period In 1920, Saliha was designated part of Lebanon under the auspices of the Franco-British Boundary Agreement. It was one of 24 villages transferred to British control in 1924 following the 1923 demarcation of the border between the British Mandate for Palestine and the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. It thus formed part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Saliha was to be included in the proposed Arab state, while the boundary between it and the proposed Jewish state was to run north of the built-up area of the village. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Saliha was the site of a massacre carried out by Israeli forces shortly before the village was completely depopulated. The built structures in the village, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malkia
Malkia () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Blue Line (Lebanon), Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilization, demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Located on the sites of the depopulated Jabal Amil villages of Qadas and al-Malkiyya, it was named after al-Malkiyya, a holdover name from the biblical village of Malkia, itself the name of a priestly family from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) that settled here, on whose lands it was established. During the Gaza war, 2023 war between Hamas and Israel, northern Israeli border communities, including Malkia, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian political violence, Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated. Notable residents *Micha Bar-Am (born 1930), photographer and photojournalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramot Naftali
Ramot Naftali () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History File:רמות נפתלי - ישוב של חיילים משוחררים-JNF036616.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - מקום ישוב לחיילים משוחררים.-JNF036614.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - ישוב של חיילים משוחררים-JNF036615.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - מראה החצר וחלק מהבניינים-JNF034383.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1947 File:רמות נפתלי - מראה כללי, באופק ראש החרמון מכוסה שלג-JNF034388.jpeg, Ramot Naftali with Jebel Sheikh in distance File:Ramot Naftali ii.jpg, Ramot Naftali. April 1948 File:Ramot Naftali.jpg, Members of the Yiftach Brigade at Ramot Naftali. 1948 File:Ramot Naftali i.jpg, Israel Air Force plane above Ramot N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manara, Israel
Manara () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the of the Naftali Mountains, Upper Galilee, adjacent to the Lebanese border and overlooking the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was formerly inhabited by Arabs, when it was known as Kh el Menarah. In 1881, the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as "ruins of a modern Arab village, several rock-cut cisterns, and one wine-press" In the 1940s, 2538 dunams of land were purchased by the Jewish National Fund from Asa'ad Bey Khuri of Beirut.Avneri, 1984, p203/ref> The kibbutz was established in 1943 by members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth group and young immigrants from Germany and Poland. Leon Uris used an incident from the history of the kibbutz in his novel, '' Exodus''. The scene of the night hike with the children from Gan Dafna as the kibbutz faced attack was based on the war-time transport o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaliot
Margaliot () 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 it had a population of . Etymology The moshav was named after agronomist , a principal director of the Jewish Colonization Association who was appointed by Baron Edmond de Rothschild to supervise the work of Jewish colonies in Galilee in the early twentieth century. History A settlement existed at the site in the Iron Age I (1200-1000 BCE), and again from the Persian period (586-332 BCE) until the latter part of the Byzantine period (5th-6th centuries CE). The Crusader castle of Chastel Neuf (in medieval French) or Castellum Novum (in Latin), lit. "New Castle", was built around 1106-1107 immediately north of the current moshav. Refortified by Mamluk sultan Baibars in 1266, the castle was completely rebuilt in the 18th century by Zahir al-Umar, who ruled the Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misgav Am
Misgav Am () is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located close to the border with Lebanon, facing the Lebanese town of Odaisseh, and near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . Misgav Am is above sea level and overlooks on one side the Hula Valley and on the other side the neighboring Lebanese village of Odaisseh. History The kibbutz was founded on 2 November 1945, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, by young Palmach members.About Misgav Am Misgav Am Misgav Am was one of seven Palmach posts established on the eastern fringe of the Galilee. It was located at the northern part of the now depopulated Palestinian village of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramim Ridge Panorama
Ramim may refer to * Manara, Israel Manara () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the of the Naftali Mountains, Upper Galilee, adjacent to the Lebanese border and overlooking the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had ... * Ramim-e Shomali, Iran {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dishon Stream
The Dishon Stream (, Nahal Dishon) is an intermittent stream/''wadi'' in Upper Galilee, Israel. It is 26 kilometers long, starts on the eastern slope of Mount Meron and drains into the Jordan River in the area of the drained Hula Lake. It is one of the largest streams in East Upper Galilee. Its name is a modification of the name of the depopulated Palestinian village of Dayshum. mindat.org reports the following Arabic names associated with the stream: Wadi 'Uba (Ouadi Ouba), Wadi Fara, Wādi Hindāj, Wadi Nab' el Balat, and Wadi Nasir. Parts of the Israel National Trail run through the Dishon valley. Parts of the stream are in the Nahal Dishon Reserve (the central part of the stream) and the Reserve (parts of the slopes of the valley). Major tributaries: Nahal Aviv, Nahal Gush Halav, Nahal Tziv'on. Route 886 runs along the Dishon Stream for the whole length of the Dishon Stream Reserve. It used to be marked for SUV access, which was prohibited in the stream area in 2013. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Israeli-occupied territories, It occupies the Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Status of Jerusalem, Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is the country's Gush Dan, largest urban area and Economy of Israel, economic center. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine (region), Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the History of ancient Israel and Judah, kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
