Ahuzat Naftali

Ahuzat Naftali (Hebrew: אֲחֻזַּת נַפְתָּלִי‎, lit. Estate Naftali) is a site in the Galilee region not far from Tiberias, near kibbutz Lavi and south of Karnei Hittin. Ahuzat Naftali was established as a moshav under the jurisdiction of the Lower Galilee Regional Council in 1949.[1]

Site of Ahuzat Naftali

History

Ahuzat Naftali was named after the biblical tribe of Naftali, which had been allotted this region according to the Book of Joshua (19:33). In the 1960s the moshav was abandoned and became the campus of an educational institute.[2]The school closed at the end of the 1970s.

In 2012, it was announced that a new Druze town would be built on the site.[3]In 2016, the plan was approved by the government of Israel.[4] The planned community seeks to relieve the housing crisis among the Druze in Israel.

In the first stage, it will consist of 400 housing units, eventually catering to a population of 10,000.[3] Ahuzat Naftali will be the first Druze town built by Israel.[5][6]

References
  1. Vilnai, Ze'ev (1969). "Ahuzat-Naftali". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Volume 1. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. p. 101. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 73, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  3. "Israel to establish first new Druze town". Times of Israel.
  4. "New Israeli Druze town planned for Lower Galilee". Globes.
  5. "New Druze town approved". Ynet News.
  6. "First Town Specifically for Druze to Be Built in Galilee". Hamodia.

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