Ashdot Ya‘aqov in Northern District
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Island of Peace

The Island of Peace is an Israeli-Jordanian park at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River, on the border between Israel and Jordan. Pinhas Rutenberg's Naharayim hydroelectric power station can be seen from here.

Located at 32.6406, 35.5667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks in Israel, Peace parks, Tourism in Jordan, Tourism in Israel, Israel–Jordan border, Islands of Israel, Islands of Jordan, River islands of Asia

Ubeidiya

Tel Ubeidiya (Tel-`Ubaydiyya; תל-עובידיה; تل العبيدية), some 3 km south of Lake Tiberias, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the Pleistocene, ca. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of the earliest migration of Homo erectus out of Africa. The site yielded hand axes of the Acheulean type. The site was discovered in 1959 and excavated between 1960 and 1974, mainly under by Ofer Bar-Yosef and Naama Goren-Inbar.

Located at 32.6889, 35.5611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Paleolithic, Pleistocene, Archaeological sites in Israel, Prehistoric sites in Israel

Ashdot Ya'akov

Ashdot Ya'akov is a kibbutz in northern Israel. It was founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher. It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmouk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild. Between 1933 and 1935 the kibbutz moved north-east of its original location, onto land which had been bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.

Located at 32.6581, 35.5819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Former kibbutzim, Populated places established in 1924, Jewish villages in the Mandate for Palestine, Emek HaYarden Regional Council

Battles of the Kinarot Valley

The Battles of the Kinarot Valley, is a collective name for a series of military engagements between the Haganah and the Syrian army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought between May 15–22, 1948 in the Kinarot Valley. It includes two main sites: the Battle of Degania–Tzemah, and battles near Masada – Sha'ar HaGolan. The engagements were part of the battles of the Jordan Valley, which also saw fighting against Transjordan in the area of Gesher.

Located at 32.6965, 35.5912 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Tel Ali

Tel Ali is an archaeological site located one mile south of the Sea of Galilee, in the central Jordan Valley, Israel. It has been excavated twice. First, during the years 1955–1959, Moshe Prausnitz conducted salvage excavations on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities. He published only preliminary reports and most of the excavation finds remained unstudied.

Located at 32.7006, 35.5599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Prehistoric sites in Israel

Naharayim

Naharayim is a site on the border between Israel and Jordan where an hydroelectric power-plant was established in 1930. The Yarmuk River flows into the Jordan River at Naharayim. The plant, established by Pinchas Rutenberg, produced much of the energy consumed in the British Mandate of Palestine until Israel's War of Independence in 1948.

Located at 32.6444, 35.5728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1930, Former hydroelectric power stations, Power stations in Israel, Power stations in Jordan

Island of Peace massacre

The Island of Peace massacre was a Mass murder attack that occurred at the Island of Peace site in Naharayim on March 13, 1997 in which a Jordanian soldier opened fire at a large group of Israeli schoolgirls from the AMIT Fuerst School in Beit Shemesh who were on a class field trip, killing seven of them and injuring six others.

Located at 32.6406, 35.5667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Israel–Jordan relations, Massacres in Israel, Mass murder in 1997, Israel–Jordan border, Massacres in Israel during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Spree shootings in Israel, Terrorist incidents in 1997, Murder in Israel, School killings in Israel, Murdered Israeli children