Gvar'am

Gvar'am
Gvar'am
Coordinates: 31°35′31.91″N 34°36′45.71″E / 31.5921972°N 34.6126972°E / 31.5921972; 34.6126972Coordinates: 31°35′31.91″N 34°36′45.71″E / 31.5921972°N 34.6126972°E / 31.5921972; 34.6126972
District Southern
Council Hof Ashkelon
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1942
Population (2017)[1] 457
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 2017 it had a population of 457.[1]

History

The kibbutz 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 the mother-in-law of actor Paul Kaye, a resident of the kibbutz, in 2008.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "קיבוץ מחר בסומסום". Davar. 1943-07-20.
  4. ↑ 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 0-88728-224-5.
  5. ↑ 'A dark fog has enveloped us' The Guardian, 16 January 2009
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