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Qiryat Shemona

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | Copyright

Qiryat Shemona, Israel Khalasah ‘Town of the Eight’, a reference to the group of six men and two women who died at nearby Tel Hai defending their settlement against Arab guerrillas in 1920. It was founded as a transit camp for immigrants in 1950 on the site of the Arab village of Khalasah.

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