Even Menachem

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 2019 it had a population of 299.[1]

Even Menachem
Even Menachem
Coordinates: 33°4′25.78″N 35°17′41.78″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMa'ale Yosef
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded13 September 1960
Founded byNorth African Jewish immigrants and refugees
Population
 (2019)
299[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.

References

  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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.
  • Nimrod Getzov (2006): Even Menahem, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118.
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