Bror Hayil
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| Hebrew | בְּרוֹר חַיִל | |
| Name meaning | Soldiers' Inquiries | |
| Founded | 10 April 1948 | |
| Founded by | Egyptian Jews | |
| Council | Sha'ar HaNegev | |
| Region | Northern Negev | |
| District | South | |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement | |
| Coordinates | 31°33′27.72″N 34°38′49.19″E / 31.5577°N 34.6469972°ECoordinates: 31°33′27.72″N 34°38′49.19″E / 31.5577°N 34.6469972°E | |
| Population | 462 (2007) | |
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Bror Hayil (Hebrew: בְּרוֹר חַיִל, lit. Soldiers' Inquiries) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 462.
The village was established on 10 April 1948 on Jewish National Fund land, with money from Keren HaYesod,[1] although according to New Historian Benny Morris, the founding date was 18 May,[2] with the intention of guarding the sole road between the centre of the country and the Negev. The founders were mostly immigrants from Egypt (including Eliyahu Moyal, later a member of the Knesset), though today most residents are immigrants from Brazil.[1] It was the only Jewish village founded between the UN Partition Plan and the Israeli declaration of independence.[3]
It was named for a Jewish settlement in the area from the era of the Second Temple, possibly a station for soldiers' inquiries.[citation needed]
The kibbutz was established on the land of a depopulated Palestinian village named Burayr.[4][5]
Yehonatan Yifrah, another member of the Knesset, was also a member of the kibbutz.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Bror Hayil". Ariel Encyclopedia. Volume 1. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. pp. 1024–25. (Hebrew)
- ^ Morris, Benny (April 2008). 1948 - A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. p. 307.
- ^ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. pp. 159–160. ISBN 965-448-413-7. (Hebrew)
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #6.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.92
[edit] Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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