Mefalsim

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Mefalsim
Council Sha'ar HaNegev
Region Northern Negev
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Latin American Jews
Website www.mefalsim.co.il

Mefalsim (Hebrew: מְפַלְּסִים, lit. Road pavers) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near the Gaza Strip and covering 11,000 dunams, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2012 it had a population of 950.

The village was established in 1949 by members of the MAMLT youth movement, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Uruguay.[1] It was named for the immigrants from Latin America who paved the way for others to make aliyah.

Mefalsim cowshed and silo, 1955

After Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Kibbutz Mefalsim absorbed some of the evicted families. Since 2001, Kibbutz Mefalsim absorbed dozens of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, few buildings destroyed, one of them is the kindergarten (2012).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mefalsim, Shaar Hanegev
  2. ↑ Evacuees settle in at Kibbutz Mefalsim, Jerusalem Post

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Coordinates: 31°30′6.83″N 34°33′51.83″E / 31.5018972°N 34.5643972°E / 31.5018972; 34.5643972

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