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Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council
Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mevo'ot HaHermon'') is a Regional Council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It encompasses 13 moshavim and Community settlement (Israel), community settlements, from the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, to the Lebanon, Lebanese border and Mount Hermon. Its offices are located in Merkaz Kach, between roads Highway 90 (Israel–Palestine), 90 and Road 899 (Israel), 899. Settlements Moshavim *Amnun *Beit Hillel *Dishon *Elifelet *Kahal *Margaliot *Mishmar HaYarden *Ramot Naftali *Sde Eliezer *She'ar Yashuv *Yuval Community settlements *Karkom *Korazim Albanian earthquake relief assistance On 26 November 2019, 2019 Albania earthquake, an earthquake struck the Durrës region of Albania, killing 51 people, injuring 3,000 others, and damaging 11,000 buildings. Israel sent a rescue and service team from the regional council of Mevo'ot HaHermon and Home Front Command troops to Albania to search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Council (Israel)
Regional councils (plural: , ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot'' / singular: , ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's Local government in Israel, local government entities, with the other two being City council (Israel), cities and Local council (Israel), local councils. As of 2019, there were 54 regional councils, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other. Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2,000 in population and is managed by a Local committee (Israel), local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index which is fixed before each election. Those settlements without an administrative council do not send any representatives to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahal
Kahal () is a moshav near Highway 85 in northern Israel. Located on the border of the Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, north of Sea of Galilee and just northwest of Tabgha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mevo'ot HaHermon'') is a Regional Council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It encompasses 13 moshavim and Community settlement (Israel), community settlements, f .... In it had a population of . References Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1980 establishments in Israel Populated places established in 1980 {{Israel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Front Command
The Home Front Command (HFC; , ''Pikud HaOref'', also referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym ''Pakar'') is an Israel Defense Forces military district command responsible for civil protection. It was created in February 1992 in response to the lessons of the Gulf War,אודות About" an IDF webpage which was the first war since the in which centers of civilian population faced significant threat. The command is responsible for preparing the civilian population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of , it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. Albania's landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Accursed Mountains, Albanian Alps and the Korab, Central Mountain Range, Albania#Skanderbeg Mountains, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast, Adriatic and Albanian Ionian Sea Coast, Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania was inhabited by several List of Illyrian peoples and tribes, Illyrian tribes, among them the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durrës
Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest list of oldest continuously inhabited cities, continuously inhabited cities, with roughly 2,500 years of recorded history. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of the Erzen River, Erzen and Ishëm (river), Ishëm at the southeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea. Durrës' climate is profoundly influenced by a seasonal Mediterranean climate. Durrës was founded under the name of Epidamnos around the 7th century BC, by Ancient Greece, ancient Greek colonists from Corinth and Korkyra (polis), Corcyra in cooperation with the Taulantii, a local Illyrians, Illyrian tribe. Also known as Dyrrachium, Durrës developed as it became an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Albania Earthquake
Northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras, at 03:54 CET (UTC+1) on 26 November 2019. The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds and was felt in Albania's capital Tirana, and in places as far away as Bari, Taranto and Belgrade, 370 kilometres (230 mi) northeast of the epicentre. The maximum felt intensity was VIII (''Severe'') on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. A total of 51 people were killed in the earthquake, with about 3,000 injured. It was the second earthquake to strike the region within three months. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Albania in more than 40 years, its deadliest earthquake in 99 years and the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019. Tectonic setting Albania lies across the convergent boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Adriatic plate, part of the complex collision zone with the African plate. The structure of the western part of Albania i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korazim
Korazim () is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim plateau to the north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1983 as a moshav, but after it merged with Ma'of it became a community settlement. It is found just north of the Sea of Galilee. It is named after ancient Chorazin, mentioned in the New Testament (), now the site of a much-visited archaeological park, which is located about 1 km east of the modern village. It was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Samakiyya. See also *Chorazin Chorazin ( ; also Chorazain) or Korazim (; also Chorizim) was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels. It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on a hill above the northern shore ... References External linksVillage websiteTalmud-era winepress, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karkom
Karkom () is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, near the Jordan River, east of Hatzor HaGlilit and just north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The community was founded in 1986 by residents of nearby moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...im. 160 families live in Karkom. The community is named after an old settlement in antiquity in the area that was also called "Karkom." References External linksVillage website {{Authority control Community settlements Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1986 1986 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuval
Yuval (), also known as Kfar Yuval, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee Panhandle between Metula and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it is at the border with Lebanon and falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . Archaeology Kfar Yuval was established on the land of the Palestinian depopulated village of al-Zūq al-Fauqānī During the Roman period, al-Zūq al-Fauqānī was called Golgol. The toponym ''Golgol'' is attested in a Late Roman boundary stone inscription discovered at Abil al-Qamḥ, and was preserved has in the Arabic ''Juneijil'' (جنيجل) near al-Zūq al-Fauqānī. Golgol has been previously misidentified with Tall al-ʿAjūl, near Abil al-Qamh, whose name is unrelated linguistically to the Roman toponym. Archaeological finds at al-Zūq al-Fauqānī point to active occupation during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Excavations have revealed a burial cave from the 2nd to 4th centuries CE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She'ar Yashuv
She'ar Yashuv () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee in the northeastern Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The moshav came to public awareness after the 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster, when two IDF helicopters collided in midair above the settlement, killing 73 people on board. Name The name "She'ar Yashuv" () is based on the eponymous son of the prophet Isaiah (see Isaiah ). History She'ar Yashuv was first founded in February 1940 along with Beit Hillel as part of the Tower and Stockade system by 30 families from the HaNoar HaTzioni ("Zionist Youth") and HaOved HaTzioni ("Zionist Workers"). It was originally called Metzadat Ussishkin Gimel, lit. " Ussishkin Fortress (No.) 3", named after Menahem Ussishkin, before being renamed Aleh Reish ("Go Up, Take Possession"). The present name is taken from the Book of Isaiah ("A remnant will return, (the remnant of Jacob)"). Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sde Eliezer
Sde Eliezer (, lit. ''Eliezer's Field'') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Sde Eliezer was founded in 1950 by residents of Yesod HaMa'ala and Kiryat Shmona. Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and Romania also settled there. The moshav was named for Robert (Eliezer) Rothschild, grandson of Edmond de Rothschild, founder of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA). According to some sources the village was built on land which had been bought by PICA, while according to Walid Khalidi, it was established on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ... village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramot Naftali
Ramot Naftali () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History File:רמות נפתלי - ישוב של חיילים משוחררים-JNF036616.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - מקום ישוב לחיילים משוחררים.-JNF036614.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - ישוב של חיילים משוחררים-JNF036615.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1945 File:רמות נפתלי - מראה החצר וחלק מהבניינים-JNF034383.jpeg, Ramot Naftali 1947 File:רמות נפתלי - מראה כללי, באופק ראש החרמון מכוסה שלג-JNF034388.jpeg, Ramot Naftali with Jebel Sheikh in distance File:Ramot Naftali ii.jpg, Ramot Naftali. April 1948 File:Ramot Naftali.jpg, Members of the Yiftach Brigade at Ramot Naftali. 1948 File:Ramot Naftali i.jpg, Israel Air Force plane above Ramot N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
