Zar'it

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Zar'it
זַרְעִית‎
Zar'it is located in Northwest Israel
Zar'it
Zar'it
Coordinates: 33°5′59.96″N 35°17′18.74″E / 33.0999889°N 35.2885389°E / 33.0999889; 35.2885389Coordinates: 33°5′59.96″N 35°17′18.74″E / 33.0999889°N 35.2885389°E / 33.0999889; 35.2885389
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMa'ale Yosef
Founded1967
Founded byGalilee moshavniks
Population
 (2019)[1]
243

Zar'it (Hebrew: זַרְעִית‎) is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 243.[1]

History[]

Zar'it is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian villages of Al-Nabi Rubin, Suruh and Tarbikha.[2]

The moshav was established in 1967 by young people with a moshav background from the Galilee as part of , designed to strengthen Jewish presence in the Galilee. It was initially named Kfar Rosenwald (Rosenwald Village) after American philanthropist William Rosenwald. However, the foreign-sounding name of the village didn't sit well with its residents, so as a compromise, Yehuda Ziv, the head of community naming suggested an acronym incorporating Rosenwald's name within a Hebrew word, Zar'it (Zekher Rosenwald Imanu Yisha'er Tamid, lit. Rosenwald's memory will be with us always).[3]

The village was the site of Hezbollah's initial attack in the 2006 Lebanon War, and was the target of several rocket attacks.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 27, 32, 34. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Moshav Zar'it, Western Galilee Galilee Development Authority
  4. ^ Seven soldiers dead - Israel retaliates Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2006
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