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Touring Meron in Israel
Meron in the region of Northern District is located in Israel - some 261 mi or ( 420 km ) South-East of Jerusalem , the country's capital city .
Time in Meron is now 10:56 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jerusalem " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Aleppo, Damascus, Amman, and Tyre. Being here already, consider visiting Nicosia . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Meron ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Zimmer Beit Yosef - Safed
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Antique Roadshow Find! Old School Furnace with Chimney & Stove Top
Here's an old coal-fired chimney-ready furnace and stove top, found in Yoni Frimer's new apartment in Safed, Israel. Not sure what will become of it. Does any collector of such things know what it's w ..
צפת - העיר העתיקה
Trip at the paths of the old city of Safed ..
Klezmer Music Festival - Tzfat - Safed - Israel
Last week was the Klezmer Music Festival in Tsfat. People come from all over Israel (and the world) for the mult-day event. There are bands everywhere throughout the Old City of Tzfat. Vendors sell co ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Merom HaGalil Regional Council
The Merom HaGalil Regional Council is a regional council in the northern Galilee of northern Israel. The regional council was established in 1950. The head of the council is Shlomo Levi.
Located at 33.00 35.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Safsaf massacre
The Safsaf massacre occurred on October 29, 1948, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) captured the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf in the Galilee. The village was defended by the Arab Liberation Army's Second Yarmuk Battalion. Safsaf was the first village to fall in Operation Hiram, the aim of which, according to the IDF, was to "destroy the enemy in the central Galilee 'pocket,' to take control of the whole of the Galilee and to establish a defense line on the country's northern border.
Located at 33.01 35.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Kfar Hoshen
Kfar Hoshen, formerly known as Safsufa (ספסופה), is a moshav about 4 km north of Meron in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. The moshav is situated on the land of the former Palestinian village of Safsaf, whose villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Bulgaria and with the support of the Moshavim Movement.
Located at 33.01 35.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Ein Zeitim
Ein Zeitim was a kibbutz near Safed established in 1891. It was founded by members of the Dorshei Zion (Seekers of Zion) society, a Zionist pioneer group from Minsk. Despite strong opposition by the Turkish government, the settlers managed to create farms with olive groves, orchards and dairy and poultry. Ein Zeitim was built 800m north of the Arab village Ein al-Zeitun, which had commonly been called Ein Zeitim in Hebrew and had been a mixed Arab-Jewish village during the Middle Ages.
Located at 33.00 35.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Ein al-Zeitun massacre
The Ein al Zeitun massacre occurred on May 1, 1948 at the Arab village of Ein al-Zeitun just north of Safed, then part of the British Mandate for Palestine. Between 30 and 70 Arab prisoners were killed by the Palmach. Ein al Zeitun at this time was an Arab village of about 800 inhabitants. It was believed by local Jews that Arabs from the village had taken part in a 1929 massacre of Jews in Safed and the massacre is assumed to be as a point of revenge.
Located at 32.99 35.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
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