Dishon () is a

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in northern

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. It is located near the border with

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, within the

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, near the

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 ...

. It falls under the jurisdiction of

Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mevo'ot HaHermon'') is a Regional Council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It encompasses 13 moshavim and Community settlement (Israel), community settlements, f ...

. As of it had a population of .

History

Dishon was established in 1953 by

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ish immigrants from

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, on the Palestinian village of

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which was expelled by force during the

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. Its name is a variation of the name of the Palestinian village.שמורת נחל דישון
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tours company in Israel, offering offroad trips by ATV and

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in the

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Hula Valley The Hula Valley () is a valley and fertile agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water that used to be Lake Hula before it was drained. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Great Rift Valley between Africa ...

and

Golan Heights The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...

. In the 2023 conflict between Hamas and Israel,

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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-geo-stub