Snir

Snir

שְׂנִיר‎
Snir שְׂנִיר‎
	Snir
	Coordinates: 33°14′25″N 35°40′40″E / 33.24028°N 35.67778°E
Country	Israel (claimed by Syria)
District	Northern
Council	Upper Galilee
Region	Golan Heights in the Syrian governorate of Quneitra
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	26 September 1967
Founded by	Nahal
Population (2022)	661

Snir (Hebrew: שְׂנִיר) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 661.^[1]

Etymology

The name of the kibbutz is derived from the Israeli name Nahal Snir for the Hasbani River, 5 km to the west.^[2] 'Senir' is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for Mount Hermon, which dominates the landscape from the northeast, or one of its three main peaks.^[3]

History

The village was established on 26 September 1967 as a Nahal settlement in what had formerly been a demilitarized zone until the Six-Day War, and what had previously been the Palestinian Arab village of Khan al-Duwayr until its depopulation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was converted to a civilian kibbutz in 1968 by Hashomer Hatzair members.

During the Six-Day War, a minor Syrian force tried to capture the water plant at Tel Dan (the subject of a fierce escalation two years earlier), kibbutz Dan, and She'ar Yashuv. Several Syrian tanks were reported to have sunk in the Banias River.

Due to the fact it was situated in the Israel–Syria demilitarised zone under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Snir was claimed by Syria as its territory during negotiations for a peace agreement in the 1990s. The Israeli government rejected the claims, as it would have led to Syria having territory west of the 1923 border between Mandatory Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria.

Economy

The kibbutz grows avocados, raises cattle and runs a paper factory.^[4] Sano, a leading Israeli cleaning products company, operates a manufacturing plant on Kibbutz Snir.^[5]

Gallery

Park
Swimming pool
Hermon river valley

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel (2nd ed.). Ministry of Defence Publishing House. 1986. p. 398.
^ Powell, Mark Allan, ed. (2009). Hermon (condensed ed.). HarperCollins with the Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-0061469077. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via BibleOdyssey.org. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Forget Utopia: Here comes the city
^ Sano to make bid for troubled local diaper maker, Tafnukim

[Israelpopulations-1] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[2] Carta's Official Guide to Israel (2nd ed.). Ministry of Defence Publishing House. 1986. p. 398.

[3] Powell, Mark Allan, ed. (2009). Hermon (condensed ed.). HarperCollins with the Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-0061469077. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via BibleOdyssey.org. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[4] Forget Utopia: Here comes the city

[5] Sano to make bid for troubled local diaper maker, Tafnukim

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