- Even Menachem
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Even Menachem
foundation = 13 September 1960
founded_by =North Africa n immigrants
region = Western Galilee
council = Ma'ale Yosef
industry =
affiliation =Moshavim Movement
website =Even Menachem ( _he. אֶבֶן מְנַחֵם) is a
moshav in northernIsrael . Located in the Western Galilee, about six kilometres northwest ofMa'alot-Tarshiha , it falls under the jurisdiction ofMa'ale Yosef Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 303.The moshav was founded on 13 September 1960 by immigrants from
North Africa on the land that had previously belonged to the abandoned Arab village ofIqrit . It was named afterArthur Menachem Hantke , a prominent Zionist leader in pre-war Germany.The moshav came under Hezbollah rocket fire several times over its history due to its proximity to the Israel-Lebanon border; most recently it was hit during
Hezbollah 's diversionary salvo at the opening of the2006 Lebanon War , as well as during the later rocket and mortar attacks.
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