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Regavim
, meaning= Clods , image = Regavim - gardens in the Kibbutz.jpg , caption = , foundation = 1947 , founded_by = Italian and Algerian Habonim Dror members , district = haifa , council = Menashe , affiliation = Kibbutz Movement , popyear = , population = , population_footnotes= , pushpin_map=Israel haifa , pushpin_mapsize=250 , pushpin_label_position=bottom , coordinates = , website www.regavim.co.il Regavim ( he, רְגָבִים) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Umm al-Fahm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The name Regavim is taken from the Hebrew word “regev,” meaning a very small piece of land, lit. "patch of soul," a word used in a Zionist poem about reclaiming the Land of Israel, " dunam by dunam, regev by regev." History The kibbutz group was established in 1947 by immigrants from Italy and North Africa who were members of the Habonim Dror youth movement. They first set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qannir
Qannir ( ar, قنْير) was a Palestinian village, located 35 kilometers south of Haifa. With 750 inhabitants in 1945, it was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. History In the late Ottoman era, Qannir appears on sheet 45 of Jacotin's map drawn-up during Napoleon's invasion in 1799. In 1859, the English consul Rogers estimated the population to be 250, who cultivated 24 feddans of land. By 1882, PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described the place as a village of adobe of moderate size, with one well to the south, and another to the west. By a later account, the village consisted of stone houses built side by side. A population list from about 1887 showed that ''el Kannir'' had about 665 inhabitants, all Muslim. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qannir had a population of 400; all Muslims, increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 483, still all Muslims, in a total of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menashe Regional Council
The Menashe Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מנשה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Menasheh'') is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District. It is named after the tribe of Menashe which had been allotted this region (and a much larger territory around) according to the Book of Joshua (17:1-10). List of localities This regional council provides various municipal services for the 21 communities within its territory: Kibbutzim *Barkai *Ein Shemer * Gan Shmuel * Kfar Glikson * Lahavot Haviva *Magal *Ma'anit *Metzer * Mishmarot * Regavim Moshavim * Ein Iron * Gan HaShomron * Kfar Pines * Maor * Mei Ami * Sde Yitzhak * Talmei Elazar Arab villages *al-Arian * Meiser * Umm al-Qutuf Other villages *Alonei Yitzhak Alonei Yitzhak ( he, אַלּוֹנֵי יִצְחָק, ''lit.'' Yitzhak Oaks) is a youth village in northern Israel. Located near Binyamina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Butaymat
Al-Butaymat ( ar, البطيمات, ''El Buteimât'') was a Palestinian Arab village the Haifa Subdistrict, located southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, under the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. History In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found "traces of ruins" here. A Haifa man, named Mustafa al-Khalil acquired land in among other places, Al-Butaymat, in the late Ottoman era. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ‘’Al Buteimat’’ had a population 137, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table xi, Sub-district of Haifa, p 34/ref> decreasing in the 1931 census to 112 Muslims, in a total of 29 houses.Mills, 1932, p 89/ref> In the 1945 statistics the village had a population of 110 Muslims, and they had 3,832 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 8 dunams were for plantations and irr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal. Varying sources limit it to the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "''Afrique du Nord''" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West", ''The western part of Arab World''). The United Nations definition includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the Western Sahara, the territory disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic. The African Union definition includes the Western Sahara and Mauritania but not Sudan. When used in the term Middle East and North Africa (MENA), it often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb. North Africa includes the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and plazas de s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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