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Local Council Yanuh-Jat is situated in the western Upper
Galilee, SW to Ma'alot and south to Kefar Veradim, and was founded in 1990
by joining two close villages (Yanuh and Jat) with 4,500 inh.,
all Druze. I spotted several white flags with blue emblems. The
municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot),
'Publications Gazette' section (Yalkut ha'Pirsumim), YP
4348, 12 November 1995.
Source: author's own observation, 8 October 2001; emblem
on the Local Council's sign.
Dov Gutterman, 20 October 2001
According to the list of united or dissolved local authorities
published in the official gazette (Rashumot), section Sefer
HaHukim 1897, 5 August 2003, Local Councils Yirqa, Julis,
Abu Sinan and Yanuh-Jat are united
into a single local authority.
Dov Gutterman, 20 December 2003 and 12 January 2004
Yanuh-Jat was planned to be part of the "City Of
Five" (a.k.a GYYA) according to 2003 legislation, but due to
fierce resistance of the locals, the decision was reversed in
2004 and it is an independent local council
According to local traditions, first Druze arrived to Jat in the
17th Century. It is costumary to identify it with Ra'amses II's
Gat-Asher. In the crusaders era called Ghaz and Zhat. Pop: 1500.
Source: <www.druze.org.il>
First Druze came to Yanuh in the 18th Century. It is costumary to
identify it with the bibilical Yanuh (King B, 15,29) and the
Crusaders era Yanut. According to Druze tradition it is named
after the biblical Noah. Pop. 3500
Source: <www.druze.org.il>
Dov Gutterman, 21 April 2005