Or HaNer
Or HaNer (Hebrew: אוֹר הַנֵּר, lit. Light of the Candle) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 769.[1]
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Coordinates: 31°33′27″N 34°36′7.19″E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Sha'ar HaNegev |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 1957 |
Founded by | Former Giv'ot Zaid residents and Argentine immigrants |
Population (2019)[1] | 769 |
Etymology
Its name is taken from the Sanhedrin tractate of the Babylonian Talmud.[2]
History
Or HaNer was established in 1955–57 as a farm belonging to the Yitzur UFitu'ah company. The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Chile. Many of them originally came from the kibbutz Giv'ot Zaid.[2]
The kibbutz was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Najd, northeast of the Najd village site.[3]
In 2016, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas A. Shannon Jr. visited the kibbutz and received a tour of the kibbutz factory, Ornit.[4] Ornit, established in 1975, manufactures blind rivets.[5]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal Yedioth Ahronoth Books. p. 23. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 128. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Thomas Shannon in Southern Israel
- Ornit website
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