| Hebname | בֶּן עַמִּי |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized IDF Soldiers |
| District | north |
| Council | Matte Asher |
| Affiliation | Moshavim movement |
| Coordinates | 33°0′23″N 35°7′29″E |
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 its population was .
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on lands which had belonged to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight Palestinian villages of al-Nahr and Umm al-Faraj.[1][2]
The moshav is named after Ben Ami Pechter, the commander of a battalion in the Carmeli Brigade during the War of Independence, who fell in the Yehiam convoy attack.[3]
Ben Ami was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets sent by Hezbollah on 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ El'azari, Yuval (ed.) (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). Eretz Israel Lexicon (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 150.