Shlomi, Israel

Coordinates: 33°4′28″N 35°8′41″E / 33.07444°N 35.14472°E / 33.07444; 35.14472
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Shlomi
שְׁלוֹמִי
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Šlomi
 • Also spelledShelomi (official)
Shlomi is located in Northwest Israel
Shlomi
Shlomi
Shlomi is located in Israel
Shlomi
Shlomi
Coordinates: 33°4′28″N 35°8′41″E / 33.07444°N 35.14472°E / 33.07444; 35.14472
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
Founded1950
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityGabi Naaman
Area
 • Total5,868 dunams (5.868 km2 or 2.266 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total7,446
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)

Shlomi (Hebrew: שְׁלוֹמִי) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 7,446.

Name

Shlomi was named after a leader from the tribe of Asher, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Num 34:27).

History

1940s map of al-Bassa, with the modern layout of Shlomi overlaid in blue.

Shlomi was founded as a

Palestinian village of al-Bassa, which had been destroyed during what the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,[2][3][4] and which Adolf Neubauer "proposed to identify... with the Batzet of the Talmud".[5] The Palestinian Arab village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries.[6]

Shlomi was the target of

Independence Day, and again on Israel's Independence Day
in 2006.

It was again the target of rocket attacks on 12 July 2006, a diversion to facilitate the killing of three soldiers and kidnapping two others, which sparked the 2006 Lebanon War.

On 6 April 2023, several rockets hit the town and caused damage to a street and a commercial center.

Israel–Hamas war

During the

2023-24 war between Hamas and Israel, northern Israeli border communities, including Shlomi, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.[7]

Archaeology

On the road between Shlomi and Kibbutz Hanita, Israeli archaeologists found the remains of Pi Metzuba, a prosperous Christian town mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud,[8] the Tosefta (Shevi'it 4:8-ff.) and in the 3rd-century Mosaic of Rehob.[9] The town was destroyed in the early seventh century when Persia invaded the region as part of its broader conflict with the Byzantine Empire.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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  4. ^ "History of Shlomi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  5. Shebiit 4:9, Yer. Demai 2:1 (Heb. 8b). See also Grootkerk, 2000, pp. 2–3 and Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 167
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  7. ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  8. ^ a b Christian Town Destroyed by Persians 1,400 Years Ago Found in Northern Israel, Ariel David for Haaretz, 17 June 2020. Re-accessed 6 April 2023.
  9. JSTOR 23727325
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