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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. City in Israel Haifa חֵיפָה حَيْفَا City Downtown and Port of Haifa Sail Tower Baháʼí World Centre IEC Tower Madatech Bat Galim Hadar HaCarmel Stella Maris Monastery Flag Coat of arms Map of Haifa Haifa Location in Israel Show map of Northern Haifa region of Israel Haifa Haifa ...
View of lower city and Haifa Bay.. The history of Haifa dates back before the 3rd century BCE.Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Crusaders, Kurds, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks and the British; currently it is a major city in Israel.
The word karmel ("garden-land") has been explained as a compound of kerem and el meaning "vineyard of God" or a clipping of kar male, meaning "full kernel." [1] Martin Jan Mulder suggested a third etymology, that of kerem + l with a lamed sufformative, meaning only "vineyard", but this is considered unlikely as evidence for the existence of a lamed sufformative is weak.
The name Judea and Samaria for this geographical area is based on terminology from the Hebrew Bible and other sources relating to ancient Israel and Judah/Judea. The territory has been under Israeli control since the 1967 Six-Day War but not annexed by Israel, pending negotiations regarding its status.
Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב, lit. "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just Zikhron) is a Moshava (town) in Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway .
The Academy of the Hebrew Language of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem currently invents about 2,000 new Hebrew words each year for modern words by finding an original Hebrew word that captures the meaning, as an alternative to incorporating more English words into Hebrew vocabulary. The Haifa municipality has banned officials from using ...
"Splendor of the Carmel"; or simply known as the neighbourhood of Hadar Hebrew: שכונת הדר, الهدار in Arabic) is a district of Haifa, Israel. Located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel between the upper and lower city overlooking the Port of Haifa and Haifa Bay, it was once the commercial center of Haifa.
Kiryat Bialik (Hebrew: קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק, also Qiryat Bialik) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. The city was established on July 18, 1934, during the Fifth Aliyah. It is one of the five Krayot suburbs to the north of Haifa. In 2022 it had a population of 44,620. [1]