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Gilat Research Center
Gilat () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the western Negev desert between Beersheba and Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish refugees from an Arab country, Tunisia. Like the names of two other moshavim (Tifrah, Ranen) in the area its name was takenCarta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 167, from the Book of Isaiah 35:2: (The desert,) it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Notable people * Aharon Uzan (1924–2007), government minister * Pini Badash Pinhas "Pini" Badash (; born 29 August 1952) is an Israeli politician was a member of the Knesset for Tzomet between 1992 and 1998 and the mayor of Omer local council from 1990 to 2024. Early life Born in moshav Gilat, Badash studied mechanical ... (born 1952), Knesset member References {{A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisian Jews
The history of the Jews in Tunisia dates back nearly two thousand years to the Ancient Carthage, Punic era. The Jewish community of Tunisia grew following successive waves of immigration and proselytism before its development was hampered by the imposition of anti-Jewish measures in the Byzantine Empire in late antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, Muslim conquest of Tunisia, Tunisian Jews experienced periods of relative freedom or cultural apogee which were followed by periods of more marked discrimination and persecution; under Muslim rule, Jews were granted legal status as dhimmi, which legally assured protections of life, property, and freedom of religion, but imposed an increased Jizya, tax burden on them. The community developed Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, its own dialect of Arabic, but the use of Judeo-Tunisian Arabic has declined due to the community's relocation from Tunisia.Bassiouney, R. (2009). ''Arabic sociolinguistics''. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 104. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranen
Ranen () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert, two kilometres north of Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was established in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen and was originally named ''Bitkha''. In 1952 the residents moved to the site of the Hakam Ha-107 ma'abara and converted it to a moshav, taking the name Bitkha. A group of Karaite Jews from Egypt moved onto the moshav, renaming it Ranen, which like the names of two other moshavim ( Tifrah, Gilat) in the area, is taken from the Book of Isaiah The Book of Isaiah ( ) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8th-century BC prophet Isaiah ben Amo ... 35:2, (The desert,) ''it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Southern District (Israel)
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshavim
A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settler, pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1914, during what is known as the Second Aliyah, second wave of ''aliyah''. A resident or a member of a moshav can be called a "moshavnik" (). There is an umbrella organization, the Moshavim Movement. The moshavim are similar to kibbutzim with an emphasis on communitarian, individualist labour. They were designed as part of the Zionist state-building programme following the green revolution in the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine during the early 20th century, but in contrast to the collective farming kibbutzim, farms in a moshav tended to be individually owned but of fixed and equal size. Workers produced crops and other goods on their properties through individual or pooled labour with the profit and foodstuffs go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pini Badash
Pinhas "Pini" Badash (; born 29 August 1952) is an Israeli politician was a member of the Knesset for Tzomet between 1992 and 1998 and the mayor of Omer local council from 1990 to 2024. Early life Born in moshav Gilat, Badash studied mechanical engineering at the Negev University, graduating in 1979. He finished a master's degree in administration in 2001. Career A member of the Tzomet secretariat and chairman of its finance committee, Badash became head of Omer local council in 1990. He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1992. Chairman of the Israel-China Parliamentary Friendship League, he was re-elected in 1996. He resigned his seat on 30 November 1998 after a new law was passed preventing Knesset members from simultaneously acting as mayors or council heads, and was replaced by Doron Shmueli. Badash remained head of Omer local council until 2024, and has also served as a member of the Authority for Developing the Negev and chairman of the Local Authority C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aharon Uzan
Aharon Uzan (; 1 November 1924 – 23 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s. Biography Uzan was born in Moknine in Tunisia, and was a member of the right-wing Betar movement in his youth. After attending college in Sousse and subsequently moving to France, he emigrated to Israel in 1949, where he underwent agricultural training and joined the left-wing Mapai party. He was one of the founding members of moshav Gilat, where he would live for the rest of his life. He served as the moshav's secretary and treasurer between 1952 and 1959. In 1960 he founded the Negev Moshav Purchasing Company, and managed it until 1968. He also founded the Negev Water and Merhav transport companies. In 1965 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda), and was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture in January 1966, a role he held until he lost his seat in the 1969 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah ( ) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8th-century BC prophet Isaiah ben Amoz, but there is evidence that much of it was composed during the Babylonian captivity and later. Johann Christoph Döderlein suggested in 1775 that the book contained the works of two prophets separated by more than a century, and Bernhard Duhm originated the view, held as a consensus through most of the 20th century, that the book comprises three separate collections of oracles: Proto-Isaiah ( chapters 1– 39), containing the words of the 8th-century BC prophet Isaiah; Deutero-Isaiah, or "the Book of Consolation", ( chapters 40– 55), the work of an anonymous 6th-century BCE author writing during the Exile; and Trito-Isaiah ( chapters 56– 66), composed after the return from Exile. Isaiah 1– 33 promises judgment and restoration for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifrah
Tifrah () is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert to the west of Eshel HaNasi with an area of 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was established in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Transylvania and North Africa. Like the names of two other moshavim (Gilat, Ranen) in the area, its name is taken from the Book of Isaiah The Book of Isaiah ( ) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8th-century BC prophet Isaiah ben Amo ... 35:2:Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). Eretz Israel Lexicon' (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 951. (The wilderness and the parched land, (35:1)) ''it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing.'' References {{Authority control Moshavim Religious Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merhavim Regional Council
Merhavim Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Merhavim'') is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It covers 14 moshavim, a community settlement, a youth village A youth village () is a boarding school model first developed in Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. Henrietta Szold and Recha Freier were the pioneers in this sphere, known as youth ... and an educational institution. List of communities Moshavim * Bitha * Eshbol * Gilat * Klahim * Maslul * Nir Akiva * Nir Moshe * Pa'amei Tashaz * Patish * Peduim * Ranen * Sde Tzvi * Talmei Bilu * Tifrah Community settlement * Mabu'im * Shavei Darom Youth village * Eshel HaNasi Other village (educational institution) * Adi Negev {{Coord, 31.450, N, 34.700, E, display=title, source:cawiki Regional councils in Israel 1951 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, Souks of Tunis, souks, and blue coasts, it covers , and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and List of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofakim
Ofakim () is a city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4 mi) west of Beersheba. It achieved municipal status in 1955. It has an area of 10,000 dunams (~3.9 sq mi; 10 km2). In , it had a population of . Ofakim was established as a development town in 1955. For many years it was a major textile manufacturing center until outsourcing led to the closure of factories. As a result, Ofakim suffered from poverty and unemployment. Since the 2000s, new businesses have opened, improving the economic outlook. In 2023, Ofakim was attacked by Hamas militants who infiltrated the city and killed 47 residents. History Prior to 1948, the area was known as Khirbat Futais (), a Bedouin hamlet populated by members of Tiyaha#The_Qadirat, Al-Qadirat clan of Tiyaha, Al-Tiyaha tribe, located along "Wadi Futeis", a seasonal river that drains into Wadi Gaza. The hamlet consisted of several mud houses. The Bedouins grew wheat, barley, and melon, and tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
