Ramat Begin is a neighborhood in the city of Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, named after Menachem Begin

Menachem Begin

' was a politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944,...

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This upper-medium class neighbourhood is located south to Ahuza, on the western part of Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel ; , Kármēlos; , Kurmul or جبل مار إلياس Jabal Mar Elyas 'Mount Saint Elias') is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. Archaeologists have discovered ancient wine and oil presses at various locations on Mt. Carmel...

. Its main streets are Watson St., Ider St. and Soroka St.

Public institutions located there include Nofim Elementary School

Elementary school

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, the Maimonides Study Center and the Ohel Bracha Synagogue

Synagogue

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At the southwest corner of the neighborhood, one finds a footpath leading up to a hill known to at least two generations of locals as Givat haIzim ("Goat's Hill"), and then downhill through a wadi

Wadi

Wadi is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some cases, it may refer to a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain or simply an intermittent stream.-Variant names:...

, ending up at the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 coast just south of Haifa. Strolling through Givat haIzim is a favorite pastime of residents on shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...

, especially in the fall and spring. Developers are threatening to build there.

Due to its location on the western slope of Carmel Ridge, Ramat Begin enjoys a constant breeze of fresh air, and a wide view westward to the Mediterranean Sea.