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Sakhnin (; or Sikhnin) is an Arab Israeli city in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's North District
North District (Israel)

The North District , is one of Israel's Districts of Israel. The North District has a land area of 4,478 km?, which increases to 4,638  km? when both land and water are included....
. It is located in the Lower Galilee, about east of Acre
Acre, Israel

Acre also Akko, is a List of Israeli cities in the Western Galilee region of North District Israel. It is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay....
. Sakhnin was declared a city in 1995. Its population of 25,100 is mostly Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 with a sizable Christian minority. It is located on the site of the ancient Jewish town Sikhnin, which flourished during the Roman
Iudaea Province

Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
 conquest (2nd century CE
Common Era

Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used in the Western world, and also internationally, for numbering the year part of the calendar date....
). Sakhnin is home to the largest population of Sufi Muslims within Israel, with approximately 80 members.

nin is built over three hills and is located in a valley
Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
 surrounded by mountains, the highest one being 602 meters high.






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Sakhnin (; or Sikhnin) is an Arab Israeli city in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's North District
North District (Israel)

The North District , is one of Israel's Districts of Israel. The North District has a land area of 4,478 km?, which increases to 4,638  km? when both land and water are included....
. It is located in the Lower Galilee, about east of Acre
Acre, Israel

Acre also Akko, is a List of Israeli cities in the Western Galilee region of North District Israel. It is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay....
. Sakhnin was declared a city in 1995. Its population of 25,100 is mostly Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 with a sizable Christian minority. It is located on the site of the ancient Jewish town Sikhnin, which flourished during the Roman
Iudaea Province

Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
 conquest (2nd century CE
Common Era

Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used in the Western world, and also internationally, for numbering the year part of the calendar date....
). Sakhnin is home to the largest population of Sufi Muslims within Israel, with approximately 80 members.

Geography

Sakhnin is built over three hills and is located in a valley
Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
 surrounded by mountains, the highest one being 602 meters high. Its rural landscape
Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment....
 is almost entirely covered by olive
Olive

The Olive is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea....
 and fig
FIG

FIG may refer to:* F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique* International Federation of Surveyors...
 groves as well as oregano
Oregano

Oregano or is a species of Origanum, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and southern and central Asia. It is a perennial plant herb, growing to 20-80 cm tall, with opposite leaf 1-4 cm long....
 and sesame
Sesame

Sesame is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalization in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods....
 shrubs.

History

Settlement at Sakhnin dates back 3,500 years to its first mention in 1479 BCE by Thutmose II
Thutmose II

Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He built some minor monuments and initiated at least two minor campaigns but did little else during his rule and was probably strongly influenced by his wife, Hatshepsut....
, whose ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian records mention it as a centre for production of indigo dye
Indigo dye

Indigo dye is dye with a distinctive blue color . The chemical compound that constitutes the indigo dye is called indican. The ancients extracted the natural dye from several species of plant as well as one of the two famous Hexaplex trunculus, but nearly all indigo produced today is Chemical synthesis....
. Sargon II
Sargon II

Sargon II was an Neo-Assyrian Empiren king. Sargon II became co-regent with Shalmaneser V in 722 BC, and became the sole ruler of the kingdom of Assyria in 722 BC after the death of Shalmaneser V....
 also makes mention of it as Suginin.

Known as Sikhnin or Sikhni, meaning "home of the labourers" in Aramaic, and Sukhsikha, meaning "produces oil" in Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, the town was known for Jewish scholars like the rabbi Joshua of Sakhnin in the periods of the Mishna and Gemara
Gemara

The Gemara is the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah haNasi , the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
. His grave is known in Arabic as Nabi as-Sideiq, and was a focus of pilgrimage from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 through the present. The town continued to flourish as Hellenist
Hellenistic civilization

File:Diadochen1.pngHellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Ancient Greece influence in the Classical Antiquity from 323 BC to about 146 BC ....
 Sogne into the period of Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 conquest.

Annexed to the Ummayad Caliphate
Caliphate

The caliphate represented the political leadership of the Muslim ummah in classical and medieval Islamic history and juristic theory. The head of state's position is based on the notion of a successor to the Prophets of Islam Muhammad's political authority....
 after the Battle of Yarmouk
Battle of Yarmouk

The Battle of Yarmouk comprised a series of engagements between the Rashidun and the Byzantine Empire over six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River, along what is today the border between Syria and Jordan, south-east of the Sea of Galilee....
, it came under brief crusader
Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious war waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents. Crusades were fought mainly against Muslims, though campaigns were also directed against Paganism Slavic peoples, Jews, Eastern Orthodox Church, Mongols, Catharism, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemi...
 rule as Zakkanin until retaken by Saladin
Saladin

ala ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub , better known as Saladin in medieval Europe, was the Sultan of Egypt and Greater Syria. He led the Islamic opposition to the Second Crusade and Third Crusade....
 and the Ayyubid Dynasty
Ayyubid dynasty

The Ayyubid or Ayyoubid Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurds origins which ruled Egypt, Syria, Yemen , Diyar Bakr, Mecca, Hejaz and northern Iraq in the 12th and 13th centuries....
 following the Battle of Hattin
Battle of Hattin

The Battle of Hattin took place on Saturday, July 4, 1187, between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty.The Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, removing their capability to wage war....
 where it remained in Muslim hands under the Mamluks, Dhaher al-Omar, and the Ottomans, until Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
 fell to the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 after World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
.

During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict....
, Sakhnin surrendered to Israeli forces on July 18, 1948, during Operation Dekel
Operation Dekel

Operation Dekel , was the largest offensive in the north of Israel after the first truce of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was carried out by the 7th Armoured Brigade , a battalion from the Carmeli Brigade along with some elements from the Golani Brigade between 8-18 July....
, but was re-captured by Arab forces shortly afterwards. It finally fell without battle into Israeli hands in October 1948. In 1976, it became the site of the first Land Day
Land Day

Land Day , March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians, of the events of that date in 1976. A general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev in 1976 in response to the government's announcement of a plan that would confiscate thousands of dunums of land in Arab areas....
 marches, in which six Israeli Arabs were killed by Israeli forces during violent protests of government confiscation of of Arab-owned land near Sakhnin. And in 1976 three more civilians were killed during clashes with the police, and in Jerusalem and the Aqsa Intifada in 2000 two men were killed.

Sports

In 2003, the town's football club, Bnei Sakhnin, became one of the first Arab teams to play in Ligat ha'Al
Ligat ha'Al

The Israeli Premier League , currently known as Ligat Toto for sponsorship reasons, is the top division in the Israeli football league system....
, the top tier of Israeli football
Football in Israel

Association football is the unofficial national sport of Israel. Football as an organised sport first developed in the United Kingdom who controlled Israel during the days of the British Mandate of Palestine....
. The following year, the club won the State Cup
Israel State Cup

The State Cup is the second most important tournament in Israeli football after Ligat ha'Al, the top division. There are no replays, and all matches are decided on the day....
, and was the first Arab team to do so; consequently, it participated in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
 the following season, losing out to Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an England football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 in football after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End F.C....
. The team received a new home with the 2005 opening of Doha Stadium
Doha Stadium

Doha Stadium , is the current home of Bnei Sakhnin F.C..Located in the small Arab Galilee town of Sakhnin, it was built with public funds largely from the State of Israel and the Qatar National Olympic Committee, and was named after the Qatari city of Doha....
, funded by the Israeli government and the Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
 National Olympic Committee, whose capital it is named after. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000.

Sakhnin is also the hometown of Abbas Suan
Abbas Suan

Abbas Suan is an Israeli footballer born in the Arab city of Sakhnin of the Galilee. He became a national hero for the 90th-minute goal that gave Israel national football team a tie against Republic of Ireland national football team in a Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Groups match....
, an Israeli international footballer
Israel national football team

The Israeli National Football Team is the List of men's national association football teams of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association ....
 who previously played for Bnei Sakhnin.

In 19 September, 2008, Bnei Sakhnin played a game with the Spanish team Deportivo de La Coruņa
Deportivo de La Coruņa

Real Club Deportivo de La Coru?a, S.A.D. is a Spain football club from A Coru?a, Galicia , member of the La Liga. The club was founded in 1906, and holds home games at the Estadio Riazor, with a capacity of 34,600 spectators....
.

Economy

Sakhnin's economy is going and growing more than ever. It now has a new opened "Sakhnin Mall" which is expected to be the direct source of Sakhnin's thriving economy and it's due in about a month.

See also

  • List of Arab localities in Israel
    List of Arab localities in Israel

    The list of Arab localities in Israel includes all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in the State of Israel. The city of Acre, Israel has an Arab minority of 45% and both Lod and Ramla have Arab populations of 20%....


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