Nir Akiva ( he, נִיר עֲקִיבָא, ''lit.'' Akiva's Meadow) is a moshav in southern

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 in the north-western

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its sout ...

near

Netivot Netivot ( he, נְתִיבוֹת, "''paths''", ar, نتيڤوت) is a city in the Southern District of Israel located between Beersheba and Gaza. In , it had a population of . History Netivot was founded in 1956 and named after the bible: " ...

and Nir Moshe and covering 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was established in 1953 on land that had belonged to the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village of

Kawfakha Kawfakha' ( ar, كوفخة) was a Palestinian village located east of Gaza that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location The village stood on a stretch of sandy, rolling land in the northern Negev. A network of secondary roads ...

. Population 1944/45 500 It was named after Akiva Etinger, a chief of the Settlement Department in the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...

. In the late 1970s

Amir Peretz Amir Peretz ( he, עָמִיר פֶּרֶץ; born on 9 March 1952) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. A Knesset member almost continuously from 1988 to 2021, he has served as Minister of Defen ...

was a member of the moshav.

References

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Nir Akiva
Negev Information Centre {{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1953 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1953 establishments in Israel