Ya'ara

Place in Northern, Israel
33°4′1″N 35°11′5″E / 33.06694°N 35.18472°E / 33.06694; 35.18472CountryIsraelDistrictNorthernCouncilMa'ale YosefAffiliationMoshavim MovementFounded1950Founded byMaghrebi JewsPopulation
 (2022)[1]
806

Ya'ara (Hebrew: יַעֲרָה, lit. 'Honeysuckle') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 806.[1]

History

The village was established in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Arab al-Samniyya[2] by immigrants from Yemen, who were later joined by Jewish immigrants from North Africa and local Bedouin, and was the first mixed Jewish-Bedouin village in the country. It was named after the surrounding forests.[citation needed]

During the 2023–24 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, northern Israeli border communities including Ya'ara faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, resulting in their evacuation.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 6. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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