Amnun Explained

Amnun
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Meaning:Hebrew for Galilean comb, a local Tilapia fish
Founded:1983
Founded By:Evacuees from Sinai
Region:Upper Galilee
Council:Mevo'ot HaHermon
Pushpin Map:Israel northeast
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Coordinates:32.9044°N 35.5708°W

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 it had a population of .

History

The 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.[1]

The name is based on the Tilapia fish, called "Amnun" in Hebrew, which lives in the nearby Kinneret lake[2] (see Galilean comb).

It was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Samakiyya.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ⁨'מושב חדש אמנון - באיזור ._כורזים ' . ⁩ - ⁨⁨דבר⁩⁩ 13 אוקטובר 1983 - הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים . 2022-03-31 . www.nli.org.il . he.
  2. Web site: אמנון - ישובים גליל עליון הרשות לפיתוח הגליל . 2022-03-31 . www.romgalil.org.il.
  3. Book: Khalidi, Walid . Walid Khalidi

    . Walid Khalidi . All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies . Washington DC . 0-88728-224-5 . 1992. 539.