11 points in the Negev ( he, 11 הנקודות or he2, אחת-עשרה הנקודות, ''Akhat-Esre HaNekudot'') refers to a
Jewish Agency plan to establish 11 settlements in the
Negev in 1946 prior to the
partition of Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as ...
and the establishment of the
State of Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
History
A plan to establish eleven "points" of
Jewish settlement in the Negev was devised to assure a Jewish presence in the area prior to the
partition of Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as ...
. That followed the publication of the
Morrison-Grady Plan, a partition proposal in which the Negev was to be part of an Arab state.
[50th anniversary of the 11 Negev settlements]
Boeliem Together, the
Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Agency, the
Haganah and the
Mekorot water company launched a drive to settle the Negev and hopefully to have the Negev included as part of a Jewish state.
[
On the night of October 5–6, after the Yom Kippur fast, the settlers, including members of Kibbutz ]Ruhama
Ruhama ( he, רֻחָמָה) is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The original settlement, established in 1911, is considered the first modern Jewish settlement in the Negev. Located around ten kilometres east of Sderot and surro ...
and Gvulot, set up camp at eleven pre-determined locations in the Negev. The eleven settlements were (in alphabetic order):[
* Be'eri
*]Gal On
Gal On ( he, גַּלְאוֹן, גל און, lit. ''Wave of Strength'') is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The kibbutz is associated ...
* Hatzerim
*Kedma Orthodox Jewish student groups exist at many secular colleges and universities in the diaspora, especially in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
History
At some points in history there were umbrella organization that united Orthodox students ...
* Kfar Darom
*Mishmar HaNegev
Mishmar HaNegev ( he, מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב, ''lit.'' Guard of the Negev) is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel. Located on Road 264, about two kilometres south of the Bedouin city of Rahat and around ten ki ...
* Nevatim
* Nirim
* Shoval
* Tkuma
*Urim
In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim ( he, ''ʾŪrīm'', "lights") and the Thummim ( he, ''Tummīm'', meaning uncertain, possibly "perfections") are elements of the ''hoshen'', the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod. They are ...
Legacy and commemoration
Today a museum celebrating the eleven points is located in Revivim.Follow Settlement and Agriculture in the Northern Negev
Cycling in Israel In 1996 Israel Post released a stamp celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their settlement.[
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See also
*Three lookouts
The three lookouts ( he, שלושת המצפים, ''Shloshet HaMitzpim'', also ''Mitzpot'') were three Jewish settlements built in the Negev desert in 1943 on land owned by the Jewish National Fund. The goal was securing the land and assessing i ...
* Blueprint Negev
References
External links
The great drift
Jerusalem Post, 25 January 2007
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Negev
1946 in Mandatory Palestine
Settlement schemes