Sheikh Abū Rīshā

Places of Interest Nearby

Tel Hazor

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Tel Hazor, translated in LXX as Hasōr, and in Arabic Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau. Tel Hazor is situated 3 km west of Sheikh Abū Rīshā.

Yarda

Ruins

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Yarda was a Palestinian hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad. The area is now part of Israel. Yarda is situated 1 km southwest of Sheikh Abū Rīshā.

Jacob’s Ford

Ruins

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Chastelet, also known as Beytulahzan, was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel. The castle was built during the Crusades by the Knights Templar and the forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem but was destroyed by the army of Saladin in 1179. Jacob’s Ford is situated 3 km southeast of Sheikh Abū Rīshā.

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Mishmar HaYarden

Village

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Mishmar HaYarden is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, on Highway 91 between Mahanayim and Gadot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 962.

Ayelet HaShahar

Village

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Ayelet HaShahar is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pinna – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres south of the city of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

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