Malha or Manahat

Malha or Manahat is named after the biblical Canaanite town by the same name. Biblical Manahat was on the northern border of the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:59). Archaeological excavations in the area in 1987-1990 unearthed two ancient villages from the Biblical period. Before 1948, Malha was a Palestinian Arab village by the name al-Maliha. Today, Malha is a modern city under Jerusalem Municipality. The city has the famous Malha Shopping Mall, Teddy Stadium, and the Jerusalem Malha Railway Station.