Ben Ami Explained

Ben Ami
Foundation:	1949
Founded By:	Demobilized IDF Soldiers
District:	north
Council:	Matte Asher
Affiliation:	Moshavim movement
Pushpin Map:	Israel northwest#Israel
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Coordinates:	33.0064°N 35.1247°W

Ben Ami (he|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 Arab villages of al-Nahr and Umm al-Faraj.^{[1] [2]}

Ben Ami was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets sent by Hezbollah on 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Notes and References

1. Book: Khalidi, W.. Walid Khalidi. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5 . 28, 35.
2. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 82. Yuval . El'azari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005.