Netu'a

Netu'a
Netu'a
Coordinates: 33°3′53.24″N 35°19′21.97″E / 33.0647889°N 35.3227694°E / 33.0647889; 35.3227694Coordinates: 33°3′53.24″N 35°19′21.97″E / 33.0647889°N 35.3227694°E / 33.0647889; 35.3227694
District Northern
Council Ma'ale Yosef
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1966
Founded by Moshavniks
Population (2015)[1] 277

Netu'a (Hebrew: נְטוּעָה, lit. Planted) is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 277.

History

The village was established in 1966 by residents of other local moshavim as part of a plan to encourage more Jewish settlement in the Galilee. It is founded on the land of the Arab village of Dayr al-Qassi,[2] which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 13, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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