Tkuma, Israel

Tkuma
תקומה‬
Village synagogue
Tkuma
Coordinates: 31°27′4.32″N 34°32′42″E / 31.4512000°N 34.54500°E / 31.4512000; 34.54500Coordinates: 31°27′4.32″N 34°32′42″E / 31.4512000°N 34.54500°E / 31.4512000; 34.54500
District Southern
Council Sdot Negev
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded 5–6 October 1946
Founded by Eastern European Jews
Population (2017)[1] 677

Tkuma (Hebrew: תְּקוּמָה‬, lit. Resurrection) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located north-west of Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 677.[1]

History

Tkuma was established as a kibbutz on the night of 5 and 6 October 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev at a location around a mile from the present site. The first residents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, who survived the Holocaust, and the village's name reflects the resurrection of Israel.

In 1949 the village moved to its present location near the site of the depopulated Arab village of al-Muharraqa. According to Morris, Tkuma is near the al-Muharraqa site, but according to Khalidi, Tkuma, although only 2 km west of the al-Muharraqa site, is actually on land which formally belonged to the city of Gaza.[2][3]

In the 1950s the moshav was joined by more immigrants from Eastern Europe and Tunisia.

Located 5 kilometers from Gaza,[3] the moshav has suffered damage from rockets launched by Hamas militants during 2000s and 2010s. The moshav is serviced by the Color Red alert system.[4]

Economy

Since the 1990s, fish-farming has been an important economic branch. The sale of fresh fish to banquet halls and restaurants in the northern Negev has provided income for seven families.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑
    • Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  3. 1 2 Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 127, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  4. ↑ Gaza Rocket Fire Intensifies New York Times, 24 December 2008
  5. ↑ War leads to creativity, and success Haaretz
  • Tkuma Negev Information Centre
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