Even Menachem

Even Menachem
Even Menachem is located in Northwest Israel
Even Menachem
Even Menachem
Coordinates: 33°4′26″N 35°17′42″E / 33.07389°N 35.29500°E / 33.07389; 35.29500
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMa'ale Yosef
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded13 September 1960
Founded byNorth African Jewish immigrants and refugees
Population
 (2021)
278[1]

Even Menachem (Hebrew: אֶבֶן מְנַחֵם) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Western Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 278.[1]

History

The moshav was founded on 13 September 1960 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from North Africa on the land that had belonged to the Palestinian villages of Iqrit, Al-Nabi Rubin, Suruh and Tarbikha, whose inhabitants were expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2][3] It was named after Arthur Menachem Hantke, a prominent Zionist leader in pre-war Germany.[4]

The moshav came under Hezbollah rocket fire several times over its history due to its proximity to the Israel-Lebanon border; most recently it was hit during Hezbollah's diversionary salvo at the opening of the 2006 Lebanon War, as well as during the later rocket and mortar attacks.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xvii (Village #66, #67, #68, #69). ISBN 0-521-81120-1.
  3. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 17, 27, 32, 34. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ^ Eisenberg, Ronald L. (2006). The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, Why. Israel: Devora Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 9781932687545.

External links

  • Nimrod Getzov (2006): Even Menahem, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118.