Ga'aton River

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Ga'aton River (1946)
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The Ga'aton Stream (Template:Langx, Nahal HaGa'aton; Template:Langx, Wadi al-Mafshukh)[1] is a small river in the Northern District of Israel. It passes through the town of Nahariya before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The river runs through the main street of Nahariya, a city that takes its name from the river (nahar means river in Hebrew).[2]

History

In Ottoman times, the river was known as Nahr Mefshukh.[3]

The source of this river, formerly known as "the fountain-head of the waters of Ǧiyāto" (Template:Langx), and which issued from two natural springs: ʻain a-tinah and ʻain al-ʻanqalit, is mentioned in late 2nd century rabbinic writings (Sifrei on Deuteronomy 11:24), and in the Mosaic of Rehob.[4]

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  1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 19
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  4. Raphael Frankel and Israel Finkelstein, in an article published by them, entitled The Northwest Corner of Eretz-Israel in the Baraita ‘Boundaries of Eretz-Israel’, Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and its Yishuv (pub. by: Yad Izhak Ben Zvi), vol. 27, Jerusalem 1983, p. 43. (see: Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".).

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