Gevim (, ''lit.'' Cisterns) is a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

in southern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located in the northwestern

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

desert near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

The kibbutz was established in 1947 under the name Sde Akiva. The founding members were from the

Palmach The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Companies") was the elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmach ...

and had previously been members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed. It served as a headquarters for the

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during the

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, and was later renamed Gevim. File:, גבים - ישוב חדש בנגב-JNF040387.jpeg, Gevim. 28 August 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - ביום העליה ל"שדה עקיבא", בנגב-JNF040323.jpeg, Sde Akiva

Aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

28 August 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - חברי קבוצת גבים במסיבת ייסוד ישובם "שדה עקיבא"-JNF040320.jpeg, Sde Akiva founders 1947 File:שדה עקיבא - גבים - בבוקר העליה , ישוב חדש בנגב. דוד לאספקת מים מובא למחנה.-JNF040322.jpeg, Sde Akiva water tank August 1947 File:Gevim iii.jpg, Kibbutz Gevim. 1948 File:Gevim ii.jpg, Members of Yiftach Brigade at Gevim. 1948 File:Gevim.jpg, Water supply, Gevim 1948 During the 2000s, the kibbutz suffered from the repeating Qassam rocket attacks, with damage to buildings and minor injuries to residents. Based on an interview with the community manager of the kibbutz, the

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on the Gaza conflict stated that sixty percent of the kibbutz children received psychological counselling.

Economy

In addition to agriculture, the kibbutz has a plastics factory. Poleg Plastic Industries operates two plants, one on the kibbutz and the other in Leipzig, Germany. The company is jointly owned by Kibbutz Gevim and Poli-Film Group, a private German company.Terror takes its toll as Kibbutz Gevim's Poleg looks to add a new line, but not in Israel
Globes The kibbutz is located near

Sha'ar HaNegev The Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שער הנגב, ''Mo'atza Azorit Sha'ar HaNegev'', ''lit.'' Gate of the Negev Regional Council), is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. ...

school and Sapir Academic College.

References

{{Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council Kibbutzim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1947 Gaza envelope 1947 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Populated places in Southern District (Israel)