Kalanit Explained

Kalanit
Founded:1982
District:north
Council:Merom HaGalil
Affiliation:Hapoel HaMizrachi
Pushpin Map:Israel northeast
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Coordinates:32.8739°N 35.455°W

Kalanit (Hebrew: כַּלָּנִית, lit. Anemone) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located between Tiberias and Karmiel, next to Maghar, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Kalanit was established in 1981 on the land of thedepopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mansura, southeast of the village site.[1]

The village was established as a moshav by the Hapoel HaMizrachi organization with the goal that it would be populated by the children of the families living in the area, and so with time the moshav became a community settlement.

The community takes its name from a flower endemic to Israel, called in Modern Hebrew kalanit (Anemone coronaria).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Khalidi, W.. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 0-88728-224-5. 533.