
Palmachim () is a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
in central
Israel
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. Located about ten kilometers south of the
Tel Aviv area along the coast of the
Mediterranean Sea
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, among the
sand dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat ...
s, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Gan Raveh Regional Council
Gan Raveh Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Gan Raveh'') is a regional council in the Central Coastal Plain region of the Central District of Israel. The council's area of jurisdiction extends to nine settlements: a kibbutz, six moshavim, a ...
. In it had a population of .
History
Palmachim was established on 11 April 1949 by former members of the
Palmach
The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , ''Plugot Maḥatz'', "Strike Phalanges/Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the paramilitary organization of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of th ...
underground organization's
Yiftach Brigade
The 11th Brigade (also known as the Yiftach Brigade) is a reserves unit in the Israel Defense Forces, composed mainly of fighters that completed their compulsory service in the Egoz Unit, Unit 621 – 'Egoz'.
History
In the 1948 Arab–Israeli ...
,
on land of the
depopulated Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
Nabi Rubin
Nabi Rubin (from ) was a town depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war in Palestine, now Israel, located west of Ramla, .
In 2004 the kibbutz underwent
privatization
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. In 2006 former residents of
Elei Sinai
Elei Sinai () was an Israeli settlement in the north of the Gaza Strip. In 2005, it had a population of 389.
Founding
Elei Sinai was established in 1982 (Sukkot 5743) by a group who had been evicted from Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula. It was na ...
, an
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...
in the
Gaza Strip
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evicted during the
disengagement plan protested to the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
until they were allowed to move to the kibbutz. In 2011, 25 families evicted from Elei Sinai (48 persons) were accepted as members to the kibbutz. In 2013, they began building their homes in Palmachim.
Economy
The kibbutz produces agricultural goods and is home to
high tech
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companies.
Tourism
The ruins of ancient
Yavne
Yavne () is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel. In 2022, it had a population of 56,232.
Modern Yavne was established in 1949. It is located near the ruins of the ancient town of Yibna (known also as Jamnia and Jab ...
's seaport,
Yavneh-Yam
Yavne-Yam (, also spelled Yavneh-Yam, literally Yavne-Sea) or Minet Rubin (Arabic, literally Port of Rubin, referring to biblical Reuben; ) is an archaeological site located on Israel's Southern Coastal Plain, about 15 km south of Tel Aviv. ...
, are located nearby, and its archaeological findings are on display in the kibbutz's small museum.
There are also plans to build a 350-apartment holiday resort on Palmachim beach, though this has led to several protests and was delayed.
Battle for the Beach
Green Prophet, 17 February 2008
See also
*Palmachim Airbase
Palmachim Airbase (, ) is an Israeli Air Force, Israeli Air Force (IAF) base and spaceport, which the IAF and the Israel Space Agency, Israel Space Agency (ISA) operate jointly. It is located west of the city of Yavne on the Mediterranean coas ...
References
{{Gan Raveh Regional Council
Kibbutzim
Kibbutz Movement
Populated places established in 1949
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
1949 establishments in Israel