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Masad () is an Israeli communal settlement in the Lower Galilee Regional Council. The village was founded as ''Har Kotz'' in 1982. Plans to build a quarry on Kotz Mountain were rejected by the National Planning and Construction Council in 2008 after protests staged by the residents of Massad and nearby Arab village of Eilabun.〔(News in brief, Haaretz )〕 Masad is surrounded by the Har Kotz Nature Reserve. Among the trees found there are ''carob'', ''mastic'', ''Valonia oak'', ''Christ's Thorn'', ''Palestine oak'', and ''Jerusalem thorn''. The nature reserve derives its name from Mount Qotz (292 m), named for a priestly family that migrated to the Galilee from Jerusalem after the destruction of the Second Temple. == See also == *Nature reserves in Israel 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masad, Israel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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