Jīsh
Jish, also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab, or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.
Jish, also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab, or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District. In 2024, it had a population of 3,243, which is predominantly Maronite Catholic and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians (63%), with a Sunni Muslim Arab minority.
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Worth seeing in and around Jīsh
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bar'am National Park
Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named.
3.4 km · national park in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Kfar Bar'am
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue, also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im, a former Palestinian Christian village, in what is today the Bar'am National Park. The synagogue is in the Galilee region of the Northern District of Israel, approximately 3 kilometres from the border with Lebanon.
3.4 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jīsh
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 88 km · Damascus (DAM), 108 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 124 km
- Tel Aviv → Jīsh122 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · ₪50–70
- Eilat → Jīsh388 km · quickest by road, 7h 47m · ₪160–210
- Beirut → Jīsh97 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · $21–28
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- Go nextSafed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.
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Next door to Jīsh
- Safsafvillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine1.6 km
- Kerem Ben Zimrahuman settlement in Israel2.6 km
- Or HaGanuzhuman settlement in Israel2.3 km
- Bar Yohaiplace in Northern District, Israel3.2 km
- Kfar Hoshenhuman settlement in Israel1.6 km
- Qadditavillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine3.1 km