Ramot Naftali

Place in Northern, Israel

Ramot Naftali רמות נפתלי
A house in Ramot Naftali with the Hula Valley in the background
33°6′6″N 35°33′12″E / 33.10167°N 35.55333°E / 33.10167; 35.55333
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Mevo'ot HaHermon
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1945
Founded by	Bnei Peled
Population (2022)^[1]	551

Ramot Naftali (Hebrew: רָמוֹת נַפְתָּלִי) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 551.^[1]

History

Ramot Naftal 1945
Ramot Naftal 1945
Ramot Naftali 1945
Ramot Naftali 1947
Ramot Naftali with Jebel Sheikh in distance
Ramot Naftali. April 1948
Members of the Yiftach Brigade at Ramot Naftali. 1948
Israel Air Force plane above Ramot Naftali. 1948

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Ramot Naftali took over part of the land belonging to the newly depopulated Palestinian villages of Qadas^[2] and Al-Nabi Yusha'.^[3]

Nearby places

Near Ramot Naftali are the following communities: kibbutz Malkia, Kibbutz Yiftah, and moshav Dishon.

The community is located next to Metzudat Koach, a compound of the British Mandate, where 28 fighters were killed when it was captured during the War of Independence.

Ramot Naftali 1945
Inside of the moshav Ramot Naftali
Keren Naftali
Cattle below Keren Naftali
View of the Hula national reserve from Keren Naftali

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 485. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 481. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.