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Ashkelon Coast Regional Council
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית חוף אשקלון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon'', ''lit.'' Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. The council is bordered to the north by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, to the east by the Be'er Tuvia, Lakhish, Shafir and Yoav Regional Councils, to the south by Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council and the Gaza Strip, and to the west by Ashkelon and the Mediterranean Sea. List of communities The council covers 19 communities, including five kibbutzim, eleven moshavim, two community settlements and a youth village A youth village ( he, כפר נוער, ''Kfar No'ar'') is a boarding school model first developed in Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. Henrietta Szold and Recha Freier were the pionee .... External linksOfficial website {{Coord, 31.717, N, 34.633, E, display=title, source:cawiki Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Council (Israel)
Regional councils (plural: he, מוֹעָצוֹת אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת, ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot''https://milog.co.il/מוֹעָצוֹת_אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת / singular: he, מוֹעָצָה אֵזוֹרִית, ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's local government entities, with the other two being Municipality (Israel), cities and Local council (Israel), local councils. As of 2019, there were 54 regional councils, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other. Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2,000 in population and is managed by a Local committee (Israel), local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmia
Karmia ( he, כַּרְמִיָּה) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Kibbutz Karmia was established on 20 May 1950 by a Nahal gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members from France and Tunisia who had been trained in Beit Zera. It was established on the land the Palestinian village of Hiribya, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its name is derived from the Hebrew for vineyard (, ''Kerem''), which were common in the area. In 1972 a blanket factory was established in the kibbutz. The kibbutz absorbed 54 families from Elei Sinai and Nisanit, which were evacuated as part of the disengagement plan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netiv HaAsara
Netiv HaAsara ( he, נְתִיב הָעֲשָׂרָה, ''lit.'' Path of the Ten) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-west Negev, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1982 by 70 families who were residents of the former Israeli settlement of Netiv HaAsara in the Sinai Peninsula, which was evacuated as a result of the Camp David Accords. The original moshav had been named for ten soldiers that were killed in a helicopter accident south of Rafah in 1971, and was originally named "Minyan". After the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Netiv HaAsara became the closest community in Israel to the Gaza Strip, located 400 meters away from the edge of the Palestinian town of Beit Lahiya. At the southern edge of the village, a car park was converted into an Israel Defense Forces base and tanks were deployed. An electric fence was erected to stop infiltration attempts from Gaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nir Yisrael
Nir Yisrael ( he, נִיר יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''lit.'' Yisrael's Meadow) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary who were members of the Jewish youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni. It was named after Yisrael Tiber, who donated large amounts of money to the Jewish National Fund Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq .... References External linksOfficial website {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel Czech-Jewish culture in Israel Hungarian-Jewish cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavki'im
Mavki'im ( he, מַבְקִיעִים, ''lit.'' Breakthroughs) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 as a kibbutz by demobilised IDF soldiers who had immigrated from Hungary, and was built on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Barbara. In 1954 it was converted to a moshav shitufi. Its name refers to the IDF breakthrough against the Egyptian army in the area during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had .... In 2005 the moshav absorbed 25 families who had been evacuated from Pe'at Sadeh as part of the disengagement plan. References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashen
Mash'en ( he, מַשְׁעֵן, engl. Staff) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen. The name is taken from Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ... 3:1. References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1949 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokhav Michael
Kokhav Michael ( he, כּוֹכַב מִיכָאֵל, ''lit.'' Star of Michael) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Iraq on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kawkaba* (from which the moshav takes the first part of its name; the second half is from Michael Sobell a British philanthropist). They were joined by immigrants from Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ... in 1962.) References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Iraqi emigrants to Israel Iraqi-Jewish culture in Israel Populated places in Southern D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodiya
Hodiya ( he, הוֹדִיָּה) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants from India. Today most of the residents are immigrants, or descendants of immigrants from Iran and Yemen. It was built on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Julis Julis ( ar, جولس ''Jūlis'', he, ג'וּלִס ''G'ulis'') is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . Etymology According to local legend, the name is derived from "Julius," the na .... References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Indian-Jewish culture in Israel Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heletz
Heletz ( he, חֶלֶץ) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat and Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen, and was named after the Biblical Helez, one of King David's Warriors (2 Samuel 23:26). It was founded on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Burayr. Economy The Heletz oil field was the location of the first successful oil well An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ... in the country, with extraction beginning in 1955 resulting in much celebration. It remains the most economic oil field in Israel. Recently Avenue Group, Inc. and Tomco Energy have restarted production from the Heletz oi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ge'a
Ge'a ( he, גֵּיאָה) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located three kilometres south-east of Ashkelon near Beit Shikma and Talmei Yafeh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and was named after the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Jiyya al-Jiyya ( ar, الجية, also transliterated Algie) was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Located 19 kilometers northeast of Gaza City, according to a 1945 census, the village had a population of 1,230 ..., on whose lands it was built. References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel Czech-Jewish culture in Israel Hungarian-Jewish culture in Israel Slovak-Jewish culture in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berekhya
Berekhya ( he, בֶּרֶכְיָה) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located four kilometres east of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in the winter of 1950 by immigrants from the Tunisian island of Djerba,''Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources'', Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations 1962, p37 who had formed a community whilst in a camp in Pardes Hana Pardes Hanna-Karkur ( he, פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה-כַּרְכּוּר) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . History An Arab village named Karkur had stood at this location by the time the Palestine Ex .... Its name is an expression of the founders' wishes for the blessing ( he, בְּרָכָה, ''Brakha'') of God. References {{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Moshavim Populated places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Shikma
Beit Shikma ( he, בֵּית שִׁקְמָה, ''lit.'' House of Sycamore) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from Libya and Morocco. Built on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of al-Jiyya, it was named after the large sycamore fig ''Ficus sycomorus'', called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a ficus, fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. The term ''sycamore'' spelled wit ... trees in the area. References {{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1950 establishments in Israel Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel Moroccan-Jewish culture in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
