Arab al-Aramshe

Arab al-Aramshe ( _ar. عرب العرامشة, _he. עַרַבּ אל-עַרָמִשָׁה), officially Aramisha ( _he. עַרָמִשָׁה, עראמשה), is a Bedouin village in Israel's Western Galilee, situated south of the Lebanese border, not far from the Mediterranean coast. The village belongs to the Matte Asher Regional Council.

Aramshe, as it is popularly called, was founded as a permanent settlement for Bedouins living in the area. The predominant surnames among the population are: Majis, Maz'el, Suidan, and 'Ali. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2006, the population stood at 1,100.Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2007-12-31|accessdate=2008-04-04]

Over the years, Aramshe residents have experienced attacks by Katyusha rockets launched from Southern Lebanon by the Hezbollah. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Fadiya Juma'a (age 60) and her daughters Samira (33) and Sultana (31) were killed by a Katyusha that fell in the garden of their home on August 5. [Cite web|title=Bedouin Village Suffers Great Disaster|author=Einav, Hagai|date=2006-08-05|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286746,00.html|publisher=Ynetnews]

See also

*List of Arab localities in Israel
*Matte Asher Regional Council

References