Ben Ami

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Ben Ami בֶּן עַמִּי
Ben Ami
Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E / 33.006500°N 35.1246000°E / 33.006500; 35.1246000Coordinates: 33°0′23.4″N 35°7′28.56″E / 33.006500°N 35.1246000°E / 33.006500; 35.1246000
District	North
Council	Matte Asher
Region	Western Galilee
Affiliation	Moshavim movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Demobilized soldiers
Population (2009)	703

Ben Ami (Hebrew: בֶּן עַמִּי) is an agricultural settlement in the Matte Asher Regional Council in the North District of Israel, next to Nahariya. The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the Palestinian village of Umm al-Faraj.^[1]

Ben Ami was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets sent by Hezbollah on July 14, 2006 during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

References

↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 82. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.

v t e Mateh Asher Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Adamit Afek Beit HaEmek Eilon Ein HaMifratz Evron Ga'aton Gesher HaZiv Hanita Kabri Kfar Masaryk Lohamey HaGeta'ot Matzuva Rosh HaNikra Sa'ar Shomrat Yas'ur Yehiam

Moshavim	Ahihud Amka Ben Ami Betzet Bustan HaGalil Liman Netiv HaShayara Regba Shavei Tzion

Communal settlements	Klil Oshrat

Minorities villages	Arab al-Aramshe Nes Ammim Sheikh Danun

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