Erez

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Erez
ארז
إيرز
Kibbutz Erez at the beginning of 1949
Kibbutz Erez at the beginning of 1949
Erez is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Erez
Erez
Coordinates: 31°33′36″N 34°33′58″E / 31.56000°N 34.56611°E / 31.56000; 34.56611Coordinates: 31°33′36″N 34°33′58″E / 31.56000°N 34.56611°E / 31.56000; 34.56611
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
CouncilSha'ar HaNegev
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded1949 (original location)
1950 (current location)
Founded byNoar Oved
Population
 (2019)[1]
558
Websitewww.erez.org.il

Erez (Hebrew: אֶרֶז‎, lit. Cedar), is a kibbutz in south-western Israel, just 1 km north of the Gaza Strip. The Erez Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip is named after the kibbutz.

Erez was founded in 1949 and moved to its current location in 1950, where it was overbuilt on the remains of the depopulated and destroyed Palestinian village of Dimra. In 2019 it had a population of 558.[1]

Located in the north-western Negev around 18 kilometres south of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.

History[]

Erez is named after the first nucleus that settled the kibbutz. They were members of the Noar Oved nucleus from Petah Tikva. They originally settled on ground in the area of Or HaNer in 1949.[citation needed] However, in 1950 they were resettled in its current location right on top of where the depopulated and razed Palestinian village of Dimra existed up till 2 years prior.[2]

Economy[]

The kibbutz has three main industries; agriculture (arable and fruit farming as well as animal husbandry), manufacturing (the "Erez Thermoplastics Products" company manufactures plastic covered materials) and research and development.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 94, ISBN 0-88728-224-5

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