Dishon () is a

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in northern

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. It is located near the border with

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, within the

Naftali Mountains Naftali Mountains ( he, הרי נפתלי) is a mountain range between Lebanon and Upper Galilee, Israel. The western side gradually changes into the highlands of southern Lebanon. The eastern side sharply descends into the Hula Valley of Israel. ...

, near the

Dishon Stream The Dishon Stream ( he, נחל דישון, Nahal Dishon) is an intermittent stream/''wadi'' in Upper Galilee, Israel. It ins of 26 miles long, starts on the eastern slope of Mount Meron and drains into the Jordan River in the area of the drained ...

. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of it had a population of . Dishon was established in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from

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, on land belonging to the depopulated Arab Palestinian village of

Dayshum Dayshum ( ar, ديشوم) was a Palestinian village, depopulated on 30 October 1948 by the Sheva Brigade of Israeli paramilitary force Palmach in an offensive called Operation Hiram, where the village has been destroyed, and only house rubble left ...

. Its name is a variation of the name of the Palestinian village.שמורת נחל דישון
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in the

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, Hula Valley and

Golan Heights The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...

.Dishon ATV's, Galilee
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References

Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1953 1953 establishments in Israel Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel {{Israel-geo-stub