Gvar'am
Gvar'am
גְּבַרְעָם جفارعام | |
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  Gvar'am | |
| Coordinates: 31°35′32″N 34°36′46″E / 31.59222°N 34.61278°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Hof Ashkelon |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Population (2022)[1] | 674 |
| Website | www.gevaram.org.il |
Gvar'am (Hebrew: גְּבַרְעָם) is a kibbutz in southern Israel, It is located around 12 kilometres from Ashkelon on the road to Yad Mordechai, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 674.[1]
History
Kibbutz Gvar'am was established in 1942 on land owned by Jewish National Fund,[2][3] which had formerly belonged to the Palestinian village of Simsim.[4]
It has been targeted by Hamas rockets for many years. A rocket killed a resident of the kibbutz, who was the mother-in-law of English actor Paul Kaye, in 2008.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Suwaed, Muhammad Youssef (2015-09-03). "Bedouin-Jewish Relations in the Negev 1943–1948". Middle Eastern Studies. 51 (5): 767–788. doi:10.1080/00263206.2014.985663. ISSN 0026-3206.
- ^ Friedman, A. (20 July 1943). קיבוץ מחר בסומסום. Davar (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-88728-224-9.
- ^ Kaye, Paul (16 January 2009). "'A dark fog has enveloped us'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)