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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Maghar
| native_name            = {{native name|ar|المغار|italics=off}}<br />{{native name|he|מע'אר|italics=off}}
| settlement_type        = [[City council (Israel)|City]]
| translit_lang1         = Hebrew
| translit_lang1_type3   = Also spelled
| translit_lang1_info3   = {{br separated entries|Mughar (official)| Mrar, Mghar (unofficial) }}
| image_skyline          = PikiWiki Israel 29762 Maghar Village.jpg
| image_caption          = View of Maghar
| image_blank_emblem     = Maghar-coat of arms.png
| blank_emblem_type      = Coat of arms
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| coordinates            = {{coord|32|53|24|N|35|24|30|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name              = Grid&nbsp;position
| grid_position          = 188/255 [[Palestine grid|PAL]]
| subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = {{ISR}}
| subdivision_type1      = 
| subdivision_name1      = 
| subdivision_type2      = [[Districts of Israel|District]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern]]
| subdivision_type3      = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name3      = [[Kinneret Subdistrict|Kinneret]]
| government_type        = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| governing_body         = Municipality of Maghar
| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = Taier Kizel
| unit_pref              = dunam
| area_total_dunam       = {{formatnum:27364|R}}
| population_footnotes   = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_total       = {{Israel populations|Mughar}}
| population_as_of       = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1              = [[Israel Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1            = +2
| timezone1_DST          = [[Israel Summer Time|IDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST        = +3
| blank_name_sec1        = Name meaning
| blank_info_sec1        = The Caves<ref name = Palmer131>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/131/mode/1up 131]</ref>
| website = [https://www.al-maghar.co.il/ www.al-maghar.co.il]
}}
'''Maghar''' ({{langx|ar|المغار}}; {{langx|he|מע'אר}}) also '''al-Maghar''' or '''Mghar''', is a city of mixed population of Muslims, Christians, and Druze in the [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern District]] of [[Israel]], with an area of 19,810 [[dunam]]s. Maghar was given the status of a [[local council (Israel)|local council]] in 1956, and of a [[city council (Israel)|city]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/maghar-becomes-israels-first-druze-city/ |title = Maghar becomes Israel's first Druze city {{!}} The Times of Israel| website=[[The Times of Israel]] }}</ref> In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mughar}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} Its population consists of 57% [[Druze in Israel|Druze]], 23% Christians, and 20% Muslims.<ref name="Gutterman1">Gutterman, Dov. [https://www.fotw.info/flags/il-lcmgr.html Mughar (Israel)] CRW Flags. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323134516/https://www.fotw.info/flags/il-lcmgr.html |date=March 23, 2014}}</ref>

== History ==

===Antiquity===
Maghar is identified with Mearaia ({{langx|he|מעריה}}), a place mentioned in Jewish sources as the seat of the [[Bilgah (biblical figure)|Bilgah]] [[Priestly divisions|priestly family]] following the [[Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)|destruction of the Temple]] in 70 CE.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Avi-Yonah |first=Michael |date=1976 |title=Gazetteer of Roman Palestine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43587090 |journal=Qedem |volume=5 |pages=79 |issn=0333-5844}}</ref>

Pottery remains from the early [[Roman Empire|Roman period]] have been found here, together with architectural remains and pottery fragments from the Late Roman period.<ref>Jaffe, 2010, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1341&mag_id=117 Maghar]</ref>  A quarry has also been excavated.<ref>Jaffe, 2011, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1832&mag_id=118 Maghar]</ref>

The city's name comes from the Arabic word for "the caves".<ref name=Palmer131/>

===Ottoman Empire===
The village  was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1517 with all of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], and in 1555 a tax was paid on silk spinning.<ref name=rhodediss>Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 145]</ref>  In 1596 the village appeared in the  [[Defter|tax registers]] as ''Magar Hazur'',  located in  the ''[[nahiya]]'' of [[Tabariyya]], part of [[Sanjak Safad]] with an entirely [[Muslim]] population consisting of 169 households and 17 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed  tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees,  goats and/or beehives, in addition on a press for olives or grapes, a total of 14,136 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 187.</ref><ref>Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] writes that  the Safad register that  Hütteroth and  Abdulfattah  studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9</ref>

In 1838, ''el Mughar'' was noted as a  Christian and Druze village in the ''Esh-Shagur'' district, located between [[Safad]], [[Acre, Israel|Acca]] and [[Tiberias]].<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix,  p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/133/mode/1up 133]</ref><ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n256/mode/1up 239]</ref>

In 1875  [[Victor Guérin]] found the village, which he called ''el-Mehar'', to be a large one with 1200 inhabitants. It was divided into three-quarters, with Muslim, Christian and Druse inhabitants.<ref>Guérin, 1880,  pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr01unkngoog#page/n470/mode/1up 457]-458</ref>  In 1881,  the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described El Mughar as a "large stone-built village, containing about 1,100 Moslems, Druses, and Christians, situated on the slope of the hill, with extensive olive-groves to the south and west; a large spring and birkeh
gives a good supply of water."<ref name=SWP364>Conder and Kitchener, 1881,  p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/364/mode/1up 364]</ref>

A population list from about 1887 showed  ''El Mughar el Hazzur'' to have  about 1,360 inhabitants; 180 Muslims, 625 Druze and 420 Catholic Christians.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n199/mode/1up 174]</ref>

===British Mandate===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 16451 Geography of Israel.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Druze]] khalwa in Maghar]]
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]], conducted  by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Mughar wa  [[Al-Mansura, Tiberias|Mansura]] had a total population of 1377. Of these, 265 were Muslim, 676 Druze and  436 Christians.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table XI, [[Tiberias Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine|Sub-district of Tiberias]], p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n41/mode/1up   39]</ref> All the Christians were Roman Catholic.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p.  [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n53/mode/1up    51]</ref> In  the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] the population of Maghar, together with Al-Mansura, was a total of  1733, in 373 inhabited houses. Of  these, 307 were Muslim, 549 Christians, and 877 Druze.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas    83]</ref>

In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]] the population of Maghar, together with [[Al-Mansura, Tiberias|Al-Mansura]], was 2,140;<ref name=Hadawi72>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Tiberias/Page-072.jpg 72]</ref>  90 Muslims, 800 Christians and 1,250 others.<ref name=1945p12>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p12.jpg 12]</ref> who owned 55,583 [[dunam]]s of land  according to an official land and population survey.<ref name=Hadawi72/>  7,864 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 18,352  for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi,  1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tiberias/Page-122.jpg 122]</ref> while 55 dunams were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in  Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tiberias/Page-172.jpg 172]</ref>

=== Israel ===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 18284 Cities in Israel.jpg|thumb|200px|Olive groves in Maghar]]
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 17800 Cities in Israel.JPG|thumb|200px|Druze neighborhood in Maghar]]
During [[Operation Hiram]], October 29–31, 1948, the town surrendered to the advancing [[Israeli Defence Force|Israeli army]]. Many of the inhabitants fled north but some stayed and were not expelled by the Israeli soldiers.<ref>Morris, 1987,  p. 226</ref> The town remained under [[Martial law#Israel|Martial Law]] until 1966.

In 2005 Druze attacked Christians after rumors spread that some [[Christians|Christian]] youths created photo images of [[Druze]] girls as nude models and posted them on the internet.<ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web|first =Jack|last =Khoury|url= https://www.haaretz.com/2005-02-11/ty-article/druze-christian-clashes-cool-off-in-maghar/0000017f-dbd5-d3a5-af7f-fbff802c0000 |title=Druze-Christian Clashes Cool Off in Maghar|date =February 11, 2005 |publisher=Haaretz}}</ref><ref name="Clashes over 'naked women'">{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/World/News/Clashes-over-naked-women-20050212|title=Clashes over 'naked women'|date =February 12, 2005 |publisher=News24}}</ref> Christian shops, vehicle, house and the church were vandalized.<ref name="haaretz.com"/> The clashes forced around 2,000 of the Christians to flee their homes.<ref name="asianews.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Patriarch-and-Nuncio-to-visit-village-where-Druze-attacked-Christians-2603.html|title=Patriarch and Nuncio to visit village where Druze attacked Christians|date =August 2, 2005 |publisher=Asianews}}</ref> According to Jack Khoury this clash may be a result of animosity between the wealthier Christian population and the poorer Druze.<ref name="haaretz.com"/> According to the police investigation, it turns out that a [[Druze]] youth had spread lie to his friends about the pictures.<ref name="comeandsee.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.comeandsee.com/view.php?sid=608 |title=Druze teen admits spreading rumor that sparked Maghar riots|date =February 14, 2005 |publisher=Comeandsee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/14/israel|title= Christians flee homes after Druze youths riot|date =March 14, 2005 |publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> Dan Ronen the commander of Northern District commander called the violence "a [[pogrom]]".<ref name="comeandsee.com"/><ref name="Clashes over 'naked women'"/>

During the [[2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict]] two residents of Maghar were killed and several wounded in [[Hezbollah]] rocket and [[cluster bomb]] attacks.<ref name="sfgate">{{Cite news|title=In Israel: Arabs are among the dead and wounded in Hezbollah rocket attacks|work=Casualties of War: Families|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/05/MNG21KBVH41.DTL|date=August 5, 2006|author=Kalman, Matthew|publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=2008-05-16}}</ref><ref name="hrw">{{Cite web|title=Lebanon/Israel: Hezbollah Hit Israel with Cluster Munitions During Conflict|url=http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/10/18/lebano14412_txt.htm|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]|access-date=2008-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008011528/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/10/18/lebano14412_txt.htm|archive-date=2008-10-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 25,  Doua Abbas, 15, was killed by a rocket that hit her house. On August 4, Manal Azzam, a 27-year-old mother of two, was killed, and two other residents were seriously wounded when a rocket hit their apartment building.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/CASUALTIES-OF-WAR-FAMILIES-IN-ISRAEL-Arabs-2514814.php Arabs are among the dead and wounded in Hezbollah rocket attacks]</ref><ref name="ynet">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286247,00.html|title=3 killed in rocket attacks on north|author=Einav, Hagai|date=August 4, 2006|access-date=2008-05-16|work=[[Ynetnews]]}}</ref>

Following a Facebook post supporting the [[2017 Temple Mount shooting]] by a Muslim resident of Maghar, the hometown of one of the Druze victims, two mosques in the village were attacked in two separate incidents on the nights of July 14 and 16 with stun grenades and gunfire resulting in minor property damage.<ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3081346 Again: Stun grenade and gunfire at mosques in the village of the policeman killed in terror attack], Walla, July 17, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4990242,00.html "Incitement between Druze and Muslims": Grenades and gunfire in village where murdered policeman lived], YNet, July 17, 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4989382,00.html In response to a Facebook status endorsing the terrorist attack: Stun grenade thrown at Mosque in Maghar], YNET, July 15, 2017</ref> Israeli Police were on the scene of the attacks within minutes, where they gathered evidence and opened an investigation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/mosques-in-slain-policemans-village-targeted-again/ |title=Mosques in slain policeman's village targeted again |last=Winer |first=Stuart |date=July 17, 2017 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 17793 Religion in Israel.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] in Maghar]]
Most residents are [[Israeli Druze|Druze]] (57.9%), with [[Arab Christians]] (21%) and [[Muslim]] (21.1%) minorities.<ref name="cbs-maghar">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2018/local_authorities16_1722/612_0481.pdf|title=Municipal Profiles – Maghar|publisher=[[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]|year=2016|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Gutterman">Gutterman, Dov. [https://www.fotw.info/flags/il-lcmgr.html Mughar (Israel)] CRW Flags.</ref> Many of the Druze residents serve in the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] and [[Israel Police]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/druze-christian-clashes-cool-off-in-maghar-1.150057 Druze Christian Clashes Cool off in Maghar]</ref> The Christian population is mostly [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Catholic]].

==Education and culture==
In August 2003 the Israel Circus School established a joint Jewish-Arab "Children’s Circus" together with its partner, Circus Maghar. A group of 20 Jewish and Arab children trained for the circus. In addition to local performances, the circus school toured Cyprus, giving workshops and performances for Christian and Muslim schools and community centers.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100817215428/http://israelcircusschool.com/?page_id=2 Israel Circus School and Circus Maghar]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Mansour Abbas]] (born 1974), politician
* [[Naim Araidi]] (1950–2015), professor of [[Hebrew literature]] at [[Haifa University]] and [[Bar Ilan University]], was appointed [[Israel–Norway relations|Israel's ambassador to Norway]] in 2012<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4238948,00.html Integration at Israel's embassy in Norway]</ref>
* [[Suliman Bashear]] (1947–1991), was a leading Druze Arab scholar and professor, who taught at [[Birzeit University]], An-Najah National University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Bashear was noted for his work on the early historiography of Islam
* [[Tapuah Junction stabbing (2010)|Ihab Khatib]], soldier<ref name="MualemSlamsArabLeaders">{{cite news|last1=Mualem|first1=Mazal|title=Druze Knesset member slams Arab leaders as 'weak'|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/hamad-amar-druze-liberman-israeli-arabs-leadership-kidnapp.html#ixzz4o804TkI|access-date=July 28, 2017|publisher=[[Al-Monitor]]|date=July 1, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Salman Masalha]], poet, writer, essayist and translator<ref>Hannan Hever, [http://israel.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=3148&x=1 "Not my Mother Tongue"]</ref>
* [[Daud Turki]],  a Palestinian-Arab poet and the leader of the Jewish-Arab socialist group called the Red Front<ref>The diaries of Abraham the Bolshevik http://www.aljabha.org/q/barhom-albolshofi.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319225044/http://www.aljabha.org/q/barhom-albolshofi.pdf |date=March 19, 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Arab localities in Israel]]
*[[Druze in Israel]]

==References==
{{reflist|25em}}

==Bibliography==
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{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://al-maghar.co.il/ar/ Official website] {{in lang|ar}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/magharCouncil/ Facebook page of Maghar]
* [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Maghar_1389/index.html Welcome To Maghar]
* Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150627182059/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8369  IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.06.jpg Wikimedia commons]

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