District of Acre - colonies

Beit HaShita is a kibbutz located in the northern part of occupied Palestine. Byzantine-era ceramic fragments and coins have been discovered in the area surrounding the kibbutz. The kibbutz traces its origins to a meeting held in Hadera in 1928 by Kvutzat HaHogim, a group from the HaMahanot HaOlim movement in Haifa and Jerusalem. The early members lived in the nearby Ein Harod until 1934, when construction of the kibbutz began at its present location, approximately 1 kilomet

Even Menachem is an Israeli settlement affiliated with the Moshavim Movement, located in the western Galilee, approximately 6 kilometers north of the city of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, at an elevation of around 620 meters above sea level. As of 2017, the settlement had approximately 300 settlers, and it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma’alot. Even Menachem was established in 1960 on the lands of the depopulated Arab villages of Tarbikha, an-Nabi Rubin, Suruh, and Iqrit, by immigrants

Ben Ami is an agricultural settlement located in the northern region of occupied Palestine, adjacent to Nahariya. As of 2022, the number of settlers residing in the settlement was 768.The moshav was established in 1949 by demobilised soldiers on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian villages of al-Nahr and Umm al-Faraj. Ben Ami was among the settlements targeted by Katyusha rockets launched by Hezbollah on 14 July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War. Sources: Due

Hosen is a moshav located in the north of occupied Palestine, near the settlement of Ma’alot-Tarshiha. It was established in 1949 by members of the Herut movement on land that previously belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Suhmata. As of 2022, the population of the settlement was 1,193 settlers. Sources: Palestine Remembered entry on the village of Suhmata.

Mattat is a small colony located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories ("Israel"), near the Lebanese border, between the cities of Ma’alot-Tarshiha and Safad. As of 2018, its settler population was 191. The colony was established in 1979 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian villages of al-Mansura and Deir al-Qassi. Al-Mansura was an Arab village located northeast of the city of Acre, approximately 43 km away — 17 km via a primary road and 26 km via a s

Netu'a is an agricultural colony (moshav) established in 1966 on the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Deir al-Qassi in the district of Acre, near the also-depopulated village of al-Mansura and the Lebanese border. Its inhabitants were gathered from several surrounding agricultural settlements as part of a broader plan to reinforce Jewish settlement in the Galilee region. As of 2022, the colony had a population of 323 settlers. These border settlements in north

Manof is a colony located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, situated on Mount Shekhanya in the Lower Galilee, approximately 30 km northeast of the city of Haifa, at an average elevation of 382 meters above sea level. The colony was established in 1980 by a group of immigrants from South Africa on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Mi’ar, whose residents were displaced in 1948. As of 2015, Manof included 175 detached single-family homes.

Ya’ad is a small moshav in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, located near the Karmiel settlement. It was established in 1974 by computer science graduates from the Technion Institute, on land that once belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Mi’ar, located in the Acre district until 1947. According to Walid Khalidi, the Ya’ad settlement was established in 1975 on the lands of the village of Mi’ar, whose inhabitants were displaced in 1948. The settlement

Atzmon, formerly known as Segev, is a settlement located in Gush Segev in the Galilee. The settlement was originally established in 1953 under the name Segev, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Ma’ar, whose inhabitants were displaced in 1948. The settlement of Atzmon/Segev was constructed to the east of the original village site. The initiative to establish working villages like Segev was led by the Jewish National Fund in order to provide housing and em

Beit HaEmek is a kibbutz located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, in the Western Galilee. It was established in 1949, partially by members of the British Habonim movement. The kibbutz takes its name from the nearby depopulated Palestinian village Amqa and the biblical town of Beit HaEmek, which was believed to be located approximately 5 kilometers northeast of the kibbutz. The kibbutz was built on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of

Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city located in the northern region of the occupied Palestinian territories. It lies just a few kilometers from the northern border between occupied Palestine and Lebanon, 20 kilometers east of the Nahariya colony, 20 kilometers west of Safad, and 15 kilometers north of Karmiel. The city is situated in the Upper Galilee. Ma'alot-Tarshiha was established in 1963 through a municipal merger between the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Zionist settlement

Ein Ya'akov is a moshav located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territory, near the settlement of Ma’alot-Tarshiha. It was established in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq on land situated to the east of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Kabri, in the district of Acre. As of 2021, the population of the settlement was 1,215 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Hebrew sources were used: The settlement's website (in Hebrew

Me’ona is a moshav located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, situated between the colonies of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Nahariya. It was established in 1949 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian villages of Tarshiha and al-Kabri, approximately ten kilometers east of al-Kabri. The settlement was founded by Zionist immigrants and refugees from North Africa and Romania. The name "Me’ona," like that of the nearby settlement of Ein Ya’akov, is derived from th

Kfar Vradim is a settlement located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, situated south of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and approximately 14 kilometers from the Lebanese border. It lies near the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Karmiel, and Nahariya. Kfar Vradim was established in 1984 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Kabri (Acre District), which was depopulated during the 1948 Nakba. The settlement was founded by Stef Wertheimer with the aim of creat

Kabri is a kibbutz located in the northern part of occupied Palestine, in the Western Galilee, approximately 4 kilometers east of the coastal settlement of Nahariya, on the Mediterranean Sea. As of 2022, the population of the kibbutz was 1,120 settlers. The kibbutz was established on lands that previously belonged to the Palestinian villages of al-Kabri and al-Nahr, both of which were depopulated during the 1948 Nakba. The village of al-Kabri had existed on the site from the

Netiv HaShayara is a moshav located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, near the Nahariya settlement. It was established in 1950 by immigrants from Iran and Iraq, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Ghabsiya. The settlement was originally named Doviyah (from the Hebrew word for "abundance") and was later renamed after the "Yehiam Convoy" (Shayaret Yehiam), which attempted to break the siege on the settlement of Yehiam during the 1948 N

Amqa (also known in Arabic as ) is a settlement located in the northern region of occupied Palestine, near the city of Acre. The location of the settlement corresponds approximately to that of the depopulated Palestinian village of Amqa, and was established in 1949 by Yemeni Zionist immigrants on land belonging to the original village, whose inhabitants were forcibly displaced during the Nakba War of 1948. The Israeli 7th Brigade captured the village on July 16, 1948, during

Yaarah is a moshav located in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, near Ma'alot-Tarshiha. The moshav was established in 1950 on land that once belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Arab al-Samniyya. It was initially founded by immigrants from Yemen, and later joined by Zionist immigrants from North Africa and local Bedouins. During the conflict between "Israel" and Hezbollah in the period 2023–2024, the northern border settlements of the occupied P