Ma'agalim () is a national-religious

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in southern

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. Located south of

Netivot Netivot () is a city located in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel, located 8 miles (13 kilometers) southeast of Sderot and 19 miles (31 kilometers) northwest of Beersheba. In , it had a population of . Currently seeing r ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Sdot Negev Regional Council Sdot Negev Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Sdot Negev'', ''lit.'' Negev Fields Regional Council), formerly Azata Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Azata''), is a regional council (Israel), regional council in the northwestern Negev dese ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1958 and its name was taken from the Book of

Psalms The Book of Psalms ( , ; ; ; ; , in Islam also called Zabur, ), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament. The book is an anthology of B ...

65:11;

Gallery

File:122795 settlement maagalim PikiWiki Israel.png, Ma'agalim 1966 File:122794 settlement maagalim PikiWiki Israel.png, Tomato greenhouse in Ma'agalim, 1966 File:122791 settlement maagalim PikiWiki Israel.png, Children in Ma'agalim, 1966

References

Community settlements Religious Israeli communities Populated places established in 1958 1958 establishments in Israel Populated places in Southern District (Israel) {{Israel-geo-stub