Livnim
Encyclopedia
Livnim is a communal settlement
in northern Israel
, northwest of Lake Kinneret
in the western Ginosar
Valley. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council
.
The community was founded in 1982 by members of nearby moshav
im as a workers' moshav. In 1989 it became a communal settlement. It is named after a plant that grows in the area.
Communal settlement (Israel)
A community settlement is a type of town in Israel. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the town's residents, who are organized in a cooperative, can veto a sale of a house or a business to an undesirable buyer....
in northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, northwest of Lake Kinneret
Kinneret
Kinneret or Kineret may refer to:* Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake** Kinneret, Israel, village southwest of the lake** Kvutzat Kinneret, kibbutz southwest of the lake** Kinneret College, college south of the lake...
in the western Ginosar
Ginosar
Ginosar , , is a kibbutz on the western banks of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located north of Tiberias on Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council...
Valley. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council
Merom HaGalil Regional Council
The Merom HaGalil Regional Council is a regional council in the northern Galilee of northern Israel. The regional council was established in 1950...
.
The community was founded in 1982 by members of nearby moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
im as a workers' moshav. In 1989 it became a communal settlement. It is named after a plant that grows in the area.