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Nir Am ( he, נִירְעָם, ניר עם, lit. ''Nation Meadow'') is a
File:ניר עם - מראה כללי-JNF040425.jpeg, Nir Am 1947
File:Nir Am ii.jpg, Palmach Pilots at Nir Am, 1948
File:Nir Am.jpg, Kibbutz Nir Am after fighting in 1948
File:Mir Am ii.jpg, Kibbutz Nir Am during
An innovative work area was created in Kibbutz Nir Am (Incubator), Offices and workplaces for rent to start-ups, small companies in high-tech activities).
The "Museum of Water and Security in the Negev" is located at Nir Am, next to Assaf Siboni Scenic Lookout
at KKL-JNF website. Accessed Sep 2021.
Kibbutz website
Nir Am
Negev Information Centre
SouthUp innovation-center
for the
Wikimedia photos from the Museum of Water and Security in the Negev
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kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
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 near Sderot
Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the c ...
and covering 20,000 dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...
s, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
The Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שער הנגב, ''Mo'atza Azorit Sha'ar HaNegev'', ''lit.'' Gate of the Negev Regional Council), is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established on 19 August 1943 byimmigrants
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
from Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
who were members of the Gordonia youth movement
Gordonia ( he, גורדוניה) was a Zionist youth movement. The movement's doctrines were based on the beliefs of Aaron David Gordon, i.e. the redemption of Eretz Yisrael and the Jewish People through manual labor and the revival of the Hebrew ...
, including Zvi Guershoni, later a member of the Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
. Over the years the kibbutz has also absorbed 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 ...
, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
During the 1948 war it was the headquarters of the Negev Brigade
The 12th Negev Brigade ( he, חטיבת הנגב, ''Hativat HaNegev'') is an Israeli reserve infantry brigade under the Sinai Division, that originally served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
History
Founding and organization
The brigade was fou ...
. In a report written in March 1948 by Yaakov Riftin investigating abuses in Haganah
Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...
and Palmach
The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Companies") was the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmach ...
units, it emerged that an Arab was seized, tortured and killed.
Operation Yoav
Operation Yoav (also called ''Operation Ten Plagues'' or ''Operation Yo'av'') was an Israeli military operation carried out from 15–22 October 1948 in the Negev Desert, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its goal was to drive a wedge between th ...
, October 1948
Economy, culture and landmarks
An innovative work area was created in Kibbutz Nir Am (Incubator), Offices and workplaces for rent to start-ups, small companies in high-tech activities).
The "Museum of Water and Security in the Negev" is located at Nir Am, next to Mekorot
Mekorot ( he, מקורות, lit. "Sources") is the national water company of Israel and the country's top agency for water management. Founded in 1937, it supplies Israel with 90% of its drinking water and operates a cross-country water supply ne ...
's Nir Am Reservoir.
The Assaf Siboni Scenic Lookout and memorial, at a vantage point near the Nir Am Reservoir, offers excellent views of the Gaza Strip and especially of Jabalia
Jabalia also Jabalya ( ar, جباليا) is a Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestini ...
.at KKL-JNF website. Accessed Sep 2021.
Notable people
* Zvi Guershoni (co-founder, 1943) *Baruch Kamin
Baruch Kamin ( he, ברוך קמין, born 15 April 1914, died 10 July 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai from 1953 until 1955.
Biography
Born in Akkerman, Bessarabia in the Russian Empire (today Bil ...
(1914–1988), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Mapai (1953–55)
* Adam Neumann
Adam Neumann ( he, אדם נוימן; born April 25, 1979) is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and investor. In 2010, he co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey, where he served as CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, he co-founded a family ...
(born 1979), Israeli-American businessman, co-founder of WeWork
References
External links
Kibbutz website
Nir Am
Negev Information Centre
SouthUp innovation-center
for the
Gaza envelope
The Gaza envelope ( he, עוטף עזה, ''Otef Aza'') is the populated areas of Israel that are within of the Gaza Strip border and are therefore within range of mortar shells and Qassam rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. The region is popu ...
and Israel's "periphery" (disadvantaged regions, mostly near the borders); offices in Sha'ar Hanegev and Nir AmWikimedia photos from the Museum of Water and Security in the Negev
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