Netu'a

Netu'a

Netu'a
Coordinates: 33°3′53.24″N 35°19′21.97″E / 33.0647889°N 35.3227694°E / 33.0647889; 35.3227694Coordinates: 33°3′53.24″N 35°19′21.97″E / 33.0647889°N 35.3227694°E / 33.0647889; 35.3227694
District	Northern
Council	Ma'ale Yosef
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1966
Founded by	Moshavniks
Population (2015)^[1]	277

Netu'a (Hebrew: נְטוּעָה‎, lit. Planted) is an moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 277.

History

The village was established in 1966 by residents of other local moshavim as part of a plan to encourage more Jewish settlement in the Galilee. It is founded on the land of the Arab village of Dayr al-Qassi,^[2] which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

References

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 13, ISBN 0-88728-224-5

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

Moshavim	Avdon Ein Ya'akov Elkosh Even Menachem Goren Hosen Lapidot Manot Me'ona Netu'a Peki'in HaHadasha Shomera Shtula Tzuriel Ya'ara Zar'it

Community settlements	Abirim Gita Gornot HaGalil Mattat Mitzpe Hila Neve Ziv

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