Admit Colony

Adamit is an Israeli agricultural settlement located in the western Galilee in the north of occupied Palestine, near the Lebanese border. It was established in August 1958 by members of the Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair. The name Adamit was allegedly derived from a historical town that once existed in the same area during the Second Temple period, based on claimed archaeological findings.

The settlement was established on land that belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat Iribbin, whose residents were displaced during the Nakba War of 1948.

During the 1967 war, settlers left the area, leaving behind only a few soldiers from the Nahal military brigade. In 1971, the site was resettled by Zionist immigrants from England, the United States, and Canada, many of whom had previously been engaged in agricultural work at Mishmar HaEmek settlement.

In the 1980s, due to ongoing economic difficulties, Adamit was placed under direct government administration. In the 1990s, a new residential neighborhood was added on adjacent hills, where new settlers were permitted to build their own homes, as part of an effort to attract additional population.

In 2023, during the aftermath of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the settlement came under attack by Hezbollah during clashes with Israeli occupation forces. The settlement was evacuated, and one of the most prominent casualties was Lt. Col. Alim Abdullah, a Druze officer.

As of 2021, the population of the settlement stood at 265 settlers.

Sources:
Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Hebrew-language sources were used: the official Hebrew website of the settlement and the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Information on the village of Khirbat Iribbin was obtained from Palestine Remembered.