Malkia
Kibbutz in northern Israel
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::summary Kibbutz in northern Israel ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Malkia |
| hebname | מלכיה |
| image | Israel Hiking Map מצפה מלכיה.jpeg |
| foundation | March 1949 |
| founded_by | Demobilised Palmach soldiers |
| country | |
| district | north |
| council | Upper Galilee |
| affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel northeast#Israel |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| coordinates | |
| website | www.malkiya.co.il |
| :: |
| name = Malkia | hebname = מלכיה | image = Israel Hiking Map מצפה מלכיה.jpeg | foundation = March 1949 | founded_by = Demobilised Palmach soldiers | country = | district = north | council = Upper Galilee | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map= Israel northeast#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = | website = www.malkiya.co.il
Malkia () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Located on the sites of the depopulated Jabal Amil villages of Qadas and al-Malkiyya, it was named after al-Malkiyya, a holdover name from the biblical village of Malkia, itself the name of a priestly family from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) that settled here, on whose lands it was established.
During the 2023 war between Hamas and Israel, northern Israeli border communities, including Malkia, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated.
Notable residents
- Micha Bar-Am (born 1930), photographer and photojournalist
Gallery
File:Malkiya i.jpg|Malkia shortly after its establishment File:Malkiya ii.jpg|Early view of Malkia File:Malkiya iv.jpg|Building of first cabin at Malkia File:102408 kibbutz malkia PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Malkia members 1948 File:102271 kibbutz malkia PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Malkia 1949 File:Malkiya iii.jpg|Members of the Harel Brigade planting grass seeds in 1950
References
References
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.310, {{ISBN. 965-220-186-3 (English)
- Fabian, Emanuel. "IDF to evacuate civilians from 28 communities along Lebanese border amid attacks".
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