Ya'ara
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  Ya'ara | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′1.2″N 35°11′5.28″E / 33.067000°N 35.1848000°ECoordinates: 33°4′1.2″N 35°11′5.28″E / 33.067000°N 35.1848000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Ma'ale Yosef |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | North African Jews |
| Population (2015)[1] | 712 |
Ya'ara (Hebrew: יַעֲרָה, lit. honeysuckle and honeycomb) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 712.[1]
History
The village was established in 1950 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Arab al-Samniyya[2] by 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.
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- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (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.
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