Revoim

Revadim was founded on February 14, 1947, as the fourth settlement of Gush Etzion in the hills of Hebron. It was established by a halutzim group on a plot of land purchased by the Jewish National Fund in Ein Abu Zayd and Shuveika ^[1] . The group cleared 100 dunams, 70 in Ein Abu Zayd and 30 in Wadi Abu Nofal, where the JNF owned the Mafruz tract. Plans included the reclamation of 70 dunums in Wadi Abu Nofal and 150 in Dar al-Masatih, which were acquired under a land exchange agreement.

On May 13, 1948, the village was destroyed by the Arab Legion . The survivors were captured by Jordan. The kibbutz was restored on a new place on November 28, 1948. Immigrants from Bulgaria and other countries joined the released prisoners of war.

The economy is based on tourism and small industry.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 702 people ^[2] .

Tel Mikne Ekron is one of the largest sites of the Iron Age in Israel. Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 oil presses there, as well as in the inscription ( en: Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription ), which identifies this place with the biblical Ekron ( en: Ekron ).

In the vicinity of Revadim, a site of primitive people belonging to the late Acheulean culture (300-500 thousand years ago) was also found. Among the objects discovered by archaeologists are a large number of animal bones, including a straight-tusk forest elephant , and flint tools with traces of fat, which may indicate a developed hunting culture ^[3] .

• A monument made of pink stone and depicting a crying mother in memory of members of the kibbutz who did not return from Jordanian captivity.
• The Archaeological Museum, which presents part of the exhibits of the excavations of Mikne hill - the site of historical Ekron. ^[four]
• Museum of Roman Glass ^[5]

• Revadim