Shelomi
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Shlomi is a town in the Northern District of Israel
. As of 2010, Shlomi had 6,000 inhabitants.
It was founded as a [ [development town]] in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Tunisia
and Morocco
on the ruins of a Palestinian
village Al-Bassa
destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was named after a leader from the tribe of Asher, mentioned in the Bible (Num 34:27).
Shlomi is supported in the main by the UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal), and by the British Jewish youth group, AJ6
.
Shlomi has been the target of Hezbollah Katyusha rocket
attacks on 11 May 2005, Israel's Independence Day, and again on Israel's Independence Day in 2006.
It was again the target of rocket attacks on 12 July 2006, a diversion to facilitate the killing of three soldiers and kidnapping two others, which sparked the 2006 Lebanon War.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. As of 2010, Shlomi had 6,000 inhabitants.
It was founded as a [ [development town]] in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
on the ruins of a Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
village Al-Bassa
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate of Palestine's District of Acre. It was situated close to the Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Akko , and above sea level.-Name:...
destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was named after a leader from the tribe of Asher, mentioned in the Bible (Num 34:27).
Shlomi is supported in the main by the UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal), and by the British Jewish youth group, AJ6
AJ6
AJ6 was a Jewish organisation open to all Jews in school years 11-13 in the UK. It was founded in 1977.AJ6 was peer-led and had its own constitution. Until 2007, It ran both a membership side and a services side, the latter covering schools and campus. However, in October 2007, AJ6 handed over the...
.
Shlomi has been the target of Hezbollah Katyusha rocket
Rocket
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...
attacks on 11 May 2005, Israel's Independence Day, and again on Israel's Independence Day in 2006.
It was again the target of rocket attacks on 12 July 2006, a diversion to facilitate the killing of three soldiers and kidnapping two others, which sparked the 2006 Lebanon War.