Margaliot

Margaliot (Hebrew: מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת‎; Arabic: هونين‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located along the border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee, near the town of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 412,[1] most of them Jews of Iranian Kurdistan descent.

Margaliot

מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת‎
هونين
View of Margaliot
Margaliot
Coordinates: 33°12′52″N 35°32′41″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMevo'ot HaHermon
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1951
Founded byJewish immigrants from Yemen and Iraq.
Population
 (2019)[1]
412

History
Château Neuf Crusader Fortress

Margaliot was established in 1951, by Jewish immigrants from Yemen and Iraq, on the site of the Palestinian town of Hunin, which itself was a village based on[2] the site as rebuilt by Crusaders. The moshav was renamed after Chaim Margaliot Kalverisky, who headed the Jewish Colonization Association in the Galilee in the early twentieth century, and participated in the establishment of several Jewish settlements in the area.

In 2006, 230 residents of Margaliot were evacuated to the Neve Hadassah youth village near Netanya due to Katyusha rocket fire from Lebanon.[3]

Notable residents

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Freundlich, Amir (September 2007). "Hunin Fortress: Preliminary plan for conservation and development". Conservation Department: Heritage Preservation in Israel. Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  3. Azoulay, Yuval (July 18, 2006). "Moshav Margaliot relocates to Netanya". Haaretz. Retrieved April 19, 2019.


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