Beit Guvrin, Israel
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| Founded | 1949 | |
| Founded by | Former Palmach members | |
| Region | Lakhish | |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement | |
Beit Guvrin (Hebrew: בֵּית גֻּבְרִין, lit. House of Men - Guvrin is an ancient Aramaic word) is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, for which it is named. It belongs to Yoav Regional Council. It is about 14 km east of Kiryat Gat, the nearest city. Its area is about 20,000 dunams.
Beit Guvrin was founded in 1949 by people who left the Palmach, on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village Beit Jibrin, whose residents fled after a military assault by Jewish forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[1]
Nearby is the ancient city of Eleutheropolis.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. p. XIX, village #322. http://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&hl=en&ei=23cpTJ6CJo3LOKK44bID&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Gives the cause and date of depopulation, p xxii #166.
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Coordinates: 31°36′47.15″N 34°53′53.87″E / 31.6130972°N 34.8982972°E
