Kadita ( he, כדיתה or קדיתא) is an unrecognised Jewish

community settlement A community settlement ( he, יישוב קהילתי, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in ...

in northern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located in the central Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Merom HaGalil Regional Council The Merom HaGalil Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מרום הגליל, ''Mo'atza Azorit Merom HaGalil'') is a regional council in the northern Galilee of northern Israel. The regional council was established in 1950. The head of the ...

. In it had a population of .

History

In 1988 four families received land from the

Israel Land Administration The Israel Land Administration (ILA; he, מנהל מקרקעי ישראל, Minhal Mekarka'ei Yisra'el; ar, مديرية أراضي اسرائيل) is an Israeli government authority responsible for managing land in Israel which is in the public d ...

in return for giving up their land on

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.Evacuation of the "Kadita" invasion near Safed
Israel Land Administration The site had previously been the Palestinian village of

Qaddita Qaddita ( ar, قدّيتا, transliteration: ''Qaddîtâ'') was a Palestinian Arab village of 240, located northwest of Safad. It was captured and depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, with some of its inhabitants expelled or fleeing to near ...

, whose residents fled during the

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.False Promises of Paradise
Haaretz, 6 May 2008

Rabbi Tarfon Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon ( he, רבי טרפון, from the Greek language, Greek Τρύφων ''Tryphon''), a Kohen, was a member of the Tannaim#The generations of the Tannaim, third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between ...

was buried in the area. In 1991 an association was formed to build an

ecovillage An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and/or ecologically sustainable. An ecovillage strives to produce the least possible negative impact on the natural envi ...

at the site, and received the support of

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. Twenty families settled on the land and temporary homes were built. Another 14 families arrived in 2000. However, the Israel Land Administration viewed the residents as squatters, issued evacuation orders and demolished temporary buildings on several occasions.

References

{{Merom HaGalil Regional Council Community settlements Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1991 1991 establishments in Israel Agricultural Union