Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon
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| Etymology: Maimon Village | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Sdot Negev |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founded by | Bnei Akiva members |
| Population (2023)[1] | 889 |
Kfar Maimon (Hebrew: כפר מימון, lit. 'Maimon Village') is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 889.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The village was established in 1959 with the assistance of Jewish Colonisation Association by a gar'in of Bnei Akiva members and was named after Yehuda Leib Maimon, a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence and the first Minister of Religions.[2]
In 2005 the village was the site of a non-violent standoff between tens of thousands of protesters against the Gaza disengagement plan, with police encircling the protesters who had started in Netivot to stop them from continuing their march to Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.[3] The mass influx of demonstrators overloaded mobile telephone and other services in the small agricultural village.
"Lycée Thorani" (lit. 'Torah-based High School'), a bilingual (Hebrew and French) high school, is based in the village.[4]
References
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- ^ Kfar Maimon Negev Information Centre
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