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Adi () is a
community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...
in northern
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. Located near
Shefa-'Amr Shefa-Amr or Shefar'am (; ) is an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of with a Sunni Muslim majority and large Christian Arab and Druze minorities. Etymology Palmer writes that the name meant: "The margin ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Adi is named after the archaeological site Tel Hali (Tel 'Alil) located at the Arab village of Ras Ali, 2 km to the southwest.Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.71, (English) "Adi" and "hali" both mean "adornment". Tel Hali may be the site of biblical Hali mentioned in Joshua 19:25. The village was established in 1980 by native born Israelis and immigrants from the
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as part of the "Lookouts in the Galilee" plan.


Notable residents

* Aviv Kochavi


References


External links


Official website
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