Al-'Azi

Village in southern Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

al-'Azi 31°43′05″N 34°48′51″E / 31.71806°N 34.81417°E / 31.71806; 34.81417
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Yoav
Population (2022)^[1]	200

al-'Azi (Arabic: العازي, Hebrew: אל עזי) is an Arab village in Israel. Located just south of Kfar Menahem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 200.^[1]

The village was officially recognized in 2003 but existed long before then. The Trans-Israel Highway was built on land owned by the village, with the village given land owned by neighbouring kibbutz Kfar Menahem as compensation.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Avi Bar-Eli (22 March 2006). המינהל הפקיע קרקעות מהקיבוץ ונתן לכפר הערבי השכן [The administration appropriates land from the kibbutz and gives to the neighbouring Arab village]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 18 August 2014.