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[[File:Gaaton1946.jpg|thumb|Ga'aton River (1946)]]
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The '''Ga'aton Stream''' ({{Langx|he|נחל הגעתון}}, Nahal HaGa'aton; {{Langx|ar|وادي المفشوج}}, Wadi al-Mafshukh)<ref name=Khalidi19>Khalidi, 1992, p. 19</ref> is a small river in the [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern District]] of [[Israel]]. It passes through the town of [[Nahariya]] before emptying into the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The river runs through the main street of Nahariya, a city that takes its name from the river (''nahar'' means river in Hebrew).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Psalms|publisher=[[Routledge]]|first=Alastair|last=Hunter|page=139|year=2005}}</ref>
==History==
In Ottoman times, the river was known as Nahr Mefshukh.<ref>[[Survey of Western Palestine]], Map 3, grid Le.</ref>
The source of this river, formerly known as "the fountain-head of the waters of Ǧiyāto" ({{Langx|he|'''ראש מי גיאתו'''}}), and which issued from two natural springs: ''ʻain a-tinah'' and  ''ʻain al-ʻanqalit'', is mentioned in late 2nd century rabbinic writings ([[Sifrei]] on Deuteronomy 11:24), and in the [[Mosaic of Rehob]].<ref>Raphael Frankel and [[Israel Finkelstein]], in an article published by them, entitled ''The Northwest Corner of Eretz-Israel in the Baraita ‘Boundaries of Eretz-Israel’'', Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and its Yishuv (pub. by: [[Ben-Zvi Institute|Yad Izhak Ben Zvi]]), vol. 27, Jerusalem 1983, p. 43. (see: {{cite journal |last=Finkelstein |first=Israel |title='The Northwest Corner of Eretz-Israel' in the Baraita 'Boundaries of Eratz-Israel' |journal=Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv |volume=27 |pages=39–46 |jstor=23398920|date=1983}}).</ref>
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=[[Washington D.C.]]|publisher=[[Institute for Palestine Studies]]|isbn=978-0-88728-224-9}}
==See also==
*[[Geography of Israel]]
*[[List of rivers of Israel]]
*[[Nahal Meirav]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Streams of the Galilee}}{{Geography of Israel}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Israel]]
[[Category:Geography of Northern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:Nahariya]]