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Ometz, Israel
Ometz ( he, אֹמֶץ, ''lit.'' Courage) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Zemer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology There are two theories as to the source of the name; one is that it is from the phrase "Ometz VeGvura" (Courage and Bravery); the second is that is an acronym for Irgun Mishuhrarei Tzahal ( he, ארגון משוחררי צה"ל, lit. Organisation of Demobilised IDF oldiers. History The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilised IDF soldiers from the 32nd Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade. The first border settlement in the Hefer Valley to be founded after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ..., it was established on l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ometz (political Party)
Ometz ( he, אומץ, ''Courage''), originally Rafi – National List (Hebrew: רפ"י – רשימה ממלכתית, ''Rafi – Reshima Mamlakhtit''), then the National List (Hebrew: רשימה ממלכתית, ''Reshima Mamlakhtit'') was a small right-wing political party in Israel, which existed briefly in 1981, and then from 1983 until 1987. Though linked to it, it is considered a separate entity to the National List of the early 1970s. Background Rafi – National List was founded when three MKs, Yigal Hurvitz, Yitzhak Peretz and Zalman Shoval, broke away from Likud in January 1981, during the ninth Knesset, Hurvitz and Shoval having previously been members of the National List. However, three months later Hurvitz and Shoval left to join Telem, and the party was renamed ''National List''. It folded when Peretz rejoined Likud in June, shortly before the 30 June elections. The party was refounded as ''Rafi – National List'' by Hurvitz in 1983 during the tenth Knesset af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |