Amnun (Hebrew: אַמְנוּן) is a workers' moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau, it belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and HaOved HaTzioni, a part of Hanoar Hatzioni. It is located in the Korazim region, north of Kfar Nahum and the Sea of Galilee and east of Safed. In 2022 it had a population of 466.[1]
Amnun
אַמְנוּן | |
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 View from Amnun | |
| Etymology: Hebrew for Galilean comb, a local Tilapia fish | |
  Amnun | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′16″N 35°34′15″E / 32.90444°N 35.57083°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
| Region | Upper Galilee |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founded by | Evacuees from Sinai |
| Population (2022)[1] | 466 |
History
editThe moshav was founded by the Jewish Agency in 1983 for evacuees of former Israeli settlements in Sinai after the signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty and residents of neighboring moshavim.[2]
The name is based on the Tilapia fish, called "Amnun" in Hebrew, which lives in the nearby Kinneret lake[3] (see Galilean comb).
It was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Samakiyya.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "'מושב חדש אמנון - באיזור ._כורזים ' . — דבר 13 אוקטובר 1983 — הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים". www.nli.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "אמנון - ישובים | גליל עליון | הרשות לפיתוח הגליל". www.romgalil.org.il. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 539. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.