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For the name, see Ben-Ami. Place in Northern, Israel
Ben Ami בֶּן עַמִּי‎
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Coordinates: 33°0′23″N 35°7′29″E / 33.00639°N 35.12472°E / 33.00639; 35.12472
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMatte Asher
AffiliationMoshavim movement
Founded1949
Founded byDemobilized IDF Soldiers
Population768

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 Arab 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

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  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. 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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