Malkia
Malkia (Template:Langx) 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 Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
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[1] and al-Malkiyya,[2] it was named after al-Malkiyya, a holdover name from the biblical village of Malkia, itself the name of a priestly family[3] 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.[4]
Notable residents
- Micha Bar-Am (born 1930), photographer and photojournalist
Gallery
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Malkia shortly after its establishment
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Early view of Malkia
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Building of first cabin at Malkia
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Malkia members 1948
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Malkia 1949
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Members of the Harel Brigade planting grass seeds in 1950
See also
References
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