Basmat Tab'un

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Basmat Tab'un
  • <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בּׂסְמַת טִבְעוֹן
  • بسمة طبعون
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259 Bosmat Tiv'on
Mosque of Basmat Tivon
Mosque of Basmat Tivon
Basmat Tab'un is located in Israel
Basmat Tab'un
Basmat Tab'un
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District Northern
Government
 • Type Local council (from 1965)
 • Head of Municipality Muneir Zebidat [1]
Population (2014)[2]
 • Total 7,321
File:PikiWiki Israel 7314 Basmat Tivon.JPG
Municipality of Basmat Tab'un

Basmat Tab'un (Arabic: بسمة طبعون‎‎; Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בּׂסְמַת טִבְעוֹן‎, Basmat Tivon) is a Bedouin town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2014 it had a population of 7,321.

History

Basmat Tab'un was declared a local council in 1965. In May 2011, the Israeli government approved a four-year plan with a budget of NIS 350 million for developing Bedouin communities in the North, among them Basmat Tab'un.[3]

The Ein Bustan (Maayan Babustan) Waldorf school in Hilf, Basmat Tab'un, is noteworthy for its multi-lingual, multi-cultural, multi-religious curriculum. The Arab students are from the surrounding villages and the Jewish students are from nearby Kiryat Tiv'on.[4][5]

Notable residents

Ruan Zubidate is Israel's top female Arab tennis player. She represents Israel at tennis matches around the world.[6]

See also

References

  1. Five Bedouin leaders pledge support for Kadima
  2. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. NIS 350m. plan approved for Bedouin in North
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  6. A stroke of luck, Jerusalem Post

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