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Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
The Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council (, ''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. The Regional Council's territory lies midway between Beersheba and Ashkelon, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip. The eastern border abuts Bnei Shimon. The city of Sderot forms an enclave within Sha'ar HaNegev. The region's population is over 6,000, and covers an area of over 45,000 acres (approx. 180 km2 or 70 sq. mi.). The average elevation is approximately 180 m (495 ft.) above sea level. Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council is in a sister city relationship with San Diego, California, in the United States of America, and has a close working relationship with the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. Settlements There are 11 communities, including 10 kibbutzim and one moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Council (Israel)
Regional councils (plural: , ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot'' / singular: , ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's Local government in Israel, local government entities, with the other two being City council (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 which is fixed before each election. Those settlements without an administrative council do not send any representatives to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including Factory, industrial plants and high-tech Business, enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism. In recent decades, some kibbutzim have been Privatization, privatized and changes have been made in the communal lifestyle. A member of a kibbutz is called a ''kibbutznik'' ( / ; plural ''kibbutznikim'' or ''kibbutzniks''), the suffix ''-nik'' being of Slavic languages, Slavic origin. In 2010, there were 270 kibbutzim in Israel with a total population of 126,000. Their factories and farms account for 9% of Israel's industrial output, worth US$8 billion, and 40% of its agricultural output, worth over US$1.7 billion. Some kibbutzim had also developed substantial high-tech and mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibim
Ibim () is a village in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology Ibim is a biblical name derived from verse 6:11 in the Song of Solomon; "I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley'"Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.7 History Originally a farm,Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.221, in 1953 the center for Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council was established on the site. In 1992 a student village with the same name was established in order to provide dwellings for immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union who were studying at the nearby Sapir Academic College Sapir College ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakhini
Yakhini () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the city of Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Yemen, who were brought to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet, when most Yemenite Jews arrived in the country. The moshav is named for one of the sons of Simeon, son of the patriarch Jacob, as it is located in territory that belonged to the Tribe of Simeon in biblical times (Numbers 26:12). Yakhini was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ... village of Al-Muharraqa. Yakhini is a member of the purchasing agency of the Negev moshavim. The student village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhama
Ruhama () is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The original settlement, established in 1912, is considered the first modern Jewish settlement in the Negev. Located around ten kilometres east of Sderot and surrounded by a nature reserve, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Ruhama was, for many years, the southernmost settlement of Zionist immigrants to Palestine. Due to its remote location, the settlement faced significant economic challenges and was founded and abandoned three times before being permanently reestablished in 1944. Ruhama was initially founded in 1912, following a land purchase in 1909 by the Moscow-based Sheerit Israel (, “Remnant of Israel”) group. The 600 hectares of land, located east of Gaza, originally belonged to the Atawna Bedouin, who lived in the nearby village of al-Jammama and cultivated grain on the land. However, as they required funds for housing and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Or HaNer
Or HaNer () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology Its name is taken from the Sanhedrin (Talmud), Sanhedrin tractate of the Babylonian Talmud. History Or HaNer was established between 1955 and 1957 as a farm run by the Yitzur u-Pitu'ah company. The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror Habonim, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were aliyah, immigrants from Argentina and Chile. Many of them originally came from the kibbutz Giv'ot Zaid. It was founded on the land that had belonged to the List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict, depopulated Palestinians, Palestinian village of Najd, Gaza, Najd, northeast of the Najd village site. A burial cave dating from the 4th century CE was found here along with a Greek language, Greek funerary inscription. In 2016 U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nir Am
Nir Am () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located next to the city of Sderot and around two kilometres from the Gaza Strip, the kibbutz covers 20,000 dunams. It falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Nir Am was established on 19 August 1943 by immigrants from Bessarabia who were members of the Gordonia youth movement, including Zvi Guershoni, later a member of the Knesset. Over the years the kibbutz has also absorbed immigrants from Argentina, France and South Africa. During the 1948 war it was the headquarters of the Negev Brigade. In a report written in March 1948 by Yaakov Riftin investigating abuses in Haganah and Palmach units, it emerged that an Arab was seized, tortured and killed. During 2023 Hamas attack, Nir Am was one of few villages near Gaza that avoided casualties due to the quick action of its security team, which managed to repel attacks by Hamas gunmen. The team was led by Inbal Rabin-Lieberman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahal Oz
Nahal Oz (, ''lit.'' "Mighty Stream") is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northwestern part of the Negev desert close to the border with the Gaza Strip and near the development towns of Sderot and Netivot, it is under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In , it had a population of . A nearby IDF military base is known by the same name. History Establishment The kibbutz was founded in 1951 as the country's first Nahal settlement. It was initially referred to as ''Nahlayim Mul Aza'' (, lit. Nahal soldiers across from Gaza). In 1953 it became a civilian community. Most members came from Israeli cities and were close to Mapai. Murder of Ro'i Rothberg and Moshe Dayan's eulogy In April 1956, the kibbutz security officer Ro'i Rothberg was ambushed and killed by infiltrators from Gaza. Rutenberg's funeral was attended by Moshe Dayan, then Chief of Staff, who gave a widely acclaimed eulogy which called upon Israel to search its soul and probe t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mefalsim
Mefalsim () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near the western Negev city of Sderot and the Gaza Strip, and covering 11,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Mefalsim was established in 1949 by members of the Habonim Dror youth movement, most of them immigrants from Argentina and Uruguay.Mefalsim, Shaar Hanegev Negev Information Centre It was named "Mefalsim" to honor the immigrants from who paved (''lefales'') the way for others to make .< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Netivot and Sderot around east of Gaza, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In , it had a population of . History The kibbutz was initially established in August 1951 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from Egypt and the Moroccan city of Tangier who had received training in Ein Harod, Ayelet HaShahar and later Afikim. It was temporarily abandoned in 1955, and in January 1957 members of the ''Mita'arim'' gar'in moved in, marking the reestablishment of the kibbutz. Before the 2023 massacre, the village had more than 700 residents, as well as a school and a synagogue. October 7th massacre As part of a broad surprise attack on more than 20 towns and villages in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, approximately 70 Hamas militants infiltrated Kfar Aza, massacred residents, and left the village in ruins. Another Palestinian militant group, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gevim
Gevim (, ''lit.'' Cisterns) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northwestern Negev desert near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1947 under the name Sde Akiva. The founding members were from the Palmach and had previously been members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed. It served as a headquarters for the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and was later renamed Gevim. File:, גבים - ישוב חדש בנגב-JNF040387.jpeg, Gevim. 28 August 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - ביום העליה ל"שדה עקיבא", בנגב-JNF040323.jpeg, Sde Akiva Aliyah 28 August 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - חברי קבוצת גבים במסיבת ייסוד ישובם "שדה עקיבא"-JNF040320.jpeg, Sde Akiva founders 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - בבוקר העליה , ישוב חדש בנגב. דוד לאספקת מי ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erez
Erez (, ) is a kibbutz in southwestern Israel. Located just north of the Gaza Strip, it is the namesake of the nearby Erez Crossing. The kibbutz was founded in 1949 and moved to its current location in 1950. In 2019, it had a population of 558. Located in the northwestern Negev around south of the coastal city of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Shaʽar HaNegev Regional Council. History Erez is named after the first group that settled the kibbutz, who were members of the Noar HaOved from Petah Tikva. It was founded in 1949. Archaeological discoveries from Erez include a statue of a griffin with a Greek dedication by a priest, dating to 210/211 AD. Additionally, fragments of Greek inscriptions, one potentially Latin, have been found here. 1948 Arab-Israeli war Before the founding of the kibbutz the Palestinian village of Dimrah (Arabic: دمرة) existed on the same land, with a population of 520 in 1945. On October 31, 1948, during the 1948 Palesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
