Kfar Ahim ( he, כְּפַר אַחִים, ''lit.'' Village of Brothers) is a
moshav in south-central
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 ...
. Located near
Kiryat Malakhi
Kiryat Malakhi ( he, קִרְיַת מַלְאָכִי, also Qiryat Malakhi or Kiryat Malachi) is a city in the Southern District of Israel, from Ashkelon. In it had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km2).
Histor ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית באר טוביה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Be'er Tovia''), is a regional council in the southern Coastal Plain region in Israel.
It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in the east; ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by
Jewish immigrants from
Poland
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and
Romania
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on the land of the depopulated
Palestinian
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village of
Qastina.
It was named for two brothers who were killed during the
1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and
Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of
Kfar Warburg.
Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include
Benny Gantz
Benjamin Gantz ( he, בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, Transliterated: ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general serving as the minister of Defense since 2020 and deputy prime minister of Israel si ...
, Israel's former
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List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Af ...
, and
Knesset
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member and the current
Minister of Transport
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,
Yisrael Katz
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.
References
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Moshavim
Populated places established in 1949
1949 establishments in Israel
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel