Shtula ( he, שְׁתוּלָה, ''lit.'' Planted) is a
moshav 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
Upper Galilee
The Upper Galilee ( he, הגליל העליון, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; ar, الجليل الأعلى, ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical-political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period. It originally referred to a mounta ...
near the
Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council
The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מעלה יוסף, ''Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef'') is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshi ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was established in 1967 by moshav residents from the
Galilee as part of
Operation Sof Sof, designed to strengthen
Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...
ish presence in the Galilee. Its name is symbolic and has a similar meaning to that of nearby
Netu'a
Netu'a ( he, נְטוּעָה, ''lit.'' Planted) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established ...
. Many residents originated from the town of
Koy Sanjaq in Iraq and children in the moshav used to learn
Koy Sanjaq Jewish Neo-Aramaic.
The moshav is located on the land of the
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
villages of
Suruh and
Tarbikha, which were depopulated in the
1948 Arab–Israeli War.
The village was the site of
Hezbollah's
cross-border raid in the
2006 Lebanon War, in which three Israeli soldiers were killed and two captured.
References
External links
Official website
{{Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1967
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1967 establishments in Israel