Hamadiah Colony

The Harmunim Colony was established in 1942 on the lands of the village of Al-Hamidiyya. This colony was renamed Hamadya in 1952 to mirror its original Arabic name. The village was located approximately 5 kilometers from Beisan (Beit She’an). Al-Hamidiyya was situated on a hill overlooking the Beisan Valley to the east, the Yabala Valley to the north, and the lands of the city of Beisan to the south. The village, which relied on Beisan for administrative and commercial services, was named after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876-1909). Sources: A secondary road approximately two kilometers long connected the village to the main road leading to Beisan. Additional roads linked it to four neighboring villages. The village layout was rectangular, with narrow alleys forming a cross-network. Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Hebrew sources were used:

• The Hebrew website of the settlement

• The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics

Information about the village of Al-Hamidiyya was obtained from the Palestine Remembered website.