Beeri ( Hebrew בארי ) is an Israeli kibbutz located near the border with the Gaza Strip .
| Local council | |
| Beeri | |
|---|---|
| Heb. בארי | |
 | |
| A country |  Israel |
| County | South |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | October 6, 1946 |
| Height above sea level | |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1 018 people ( 2018 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 85135 |
| web.archive.org/web/20060619174416/http://beeri.kibbutz.org.il/ (Hebrew) | |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 population
- 3 Attractions
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
The kibbutz was founded in Yom Kippur in 1946 from October 5 to 6 during Operation 11 Settlements in the Negev desert . Then it was located near Wadi Nahabir ( Wadi Nahabir ), a few kilometers south of Be'erot Yitzhak ( Be'erot Yitzhak ). It was founded by members of the Ha-Noar Ha-Oved Ve-ha-Lomed movement (Federation of Workers 'and Students' Youth, HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed ), which were trained in the kibbutz Maoz Haim , as well as with Jewish boy scouts . The kibbutz got its name in honor of Berl Katznelson : Be'eri was his literary pseudonym . [one]
In 1947, Beeri's population was more than 150 people, and before the Arab-Israeli war of 1947-1949, settlers were engaged in the development of virgin lands and planting trees. [2] Kibbutz participants were replenished with young Jewish immigrants from Iraq who crossed the desert. According to one of the reports of the Jewish National Fund of 1949: “For many months the kibbutz was completely cut off, but the settlers held out until the Negev was liberated in October 1948” [2] .
After Israel declared independence in 1948, the kibbutz was moved 3 kilometers southeast to its current borders. Traditionally, it is one of the richest kibbutzim in Israel. [1] After the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, he suffered from Kassam rocket attacks and, as a result of a skirmish at the Israel-Gaza barrier, was eight kilometers from the Gaza Strip . [3]
During these years, the kibbutz Beeri received many volunteers. One of the most famous of them is a member of the U.S. Congress and a presidential candidate in 2012, Michelle Bachmann , who worked in the kibbutz in 1974.
Population
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 1 018 people [4] .
Attractions
About four kilometers north is a monument to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ), dedicated to the memory of ANZAK fighters who died in the Third Battle of Gaza during World War I. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. - Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing, 2005. - P. 53–54. - ISBN 9657184347 . (Hebrew)
- ↑ 1 2 Jewish National Fund. Jewish Villages in Israel. - Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press, 1949 .-- P. 14.
- ↑ Eyadat, Fadi Kibbutz Be'eri residents ask: War, what war? It's 8 kilometers away unopened . Haaretz (April 17, 2008). Date of treatment October 4, 2011.
- ↑ Official data on Israeli settlements on 12/31/2017 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . Date of treatment December 27, 2018.
Links
- Official website (Hebrew) (inaccessible link) . Archived on June 19, 2006.