Basmat Tab'un

Basmat Tab'un בּׂסְמַת טִבְעוֹן‎ بسمة طبعون
Local council (from 1965)
Hebrew transcription(s)
•  ISO 259	Bosmat Ṭibˁon (Basmaẗ Ṭabˁūn)
Mosque of Basmat Tivon
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 32°44′25″N35°9′25″E / 32.74028°N 35.15694°E / 32.74028; 35.15694
Grid position	163/235 PAL
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Raed Zebidat [1]
Population  (2023) [2]
• Total	8,175

Municipality of Basmat Tab'un

Basmat Tab'un (Arabic : بسمة طبعون; Hebrew : בּׂסְמַת טִבְעוֹן, Basmat Tivon) is a Bedouin town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 8,175. ^[2] In 2022, 100% of the population was Muslim. ^[3]

History

Basmat Tab'un was founded in 1965 by Israeli authorities as a settlement for al-Sa'adia and al-Zabidat, two Bedouin tribes who settled the area during the British Mandate. It was declared a local council. 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. ^[4]

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. ^{[5] [6]}

Notable people

• Ruan Zubidate, Israel's top female Arab tennis player. She represents Israel at tennis matches around the world. ^[7]

See also

• Arab localities in Israel
• Bedouin In Israel

References

1. "מועצה מקומית בסמת טבעון (Local Council Basmat Tab'un)". Municipal web site (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2020-04-16.ראש המועצה ראיד זבידאת (Head of the Council Raed Zebidat)
2. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
3. "בסמת טבעון" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 15 July 2025.
4. NIS 350m. plan approved for Bedouin in North
5. Reuter, Peter (2011-12-16). "Ein arabisch-jüdisches Projekt unter Attacke". The Intelligence. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
6. "Taking to court Jewish and Arab parents who just wants their kids educated together". Haaretz. 2013-03-10. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
7. A stroke of luck, The Jerusalem Post

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 273,309)
• Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN   0-860549-05-4. (p. 681)
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 117)

External links

• Municipal web site
• Welcome To Tab'un at Palestine Remembered
• Survey of Western Palestine Map 5: IAA, Wikimedia commons