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
Israel
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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 Soviet Union
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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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Community settlements
Hitahdut HaIkarim
Populated places established in 1980
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1980 establishments in Israel
Russian-Jewish culture in Israel