Mishmar HaNegev (Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב, lit. 'Guard of the Negev') is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel. Located on Road 264, about two kilometres south of the Bedouin city of Rahat and around ten kilometres from Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 1,124.[1]
Mishmar HaNegev
מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב | |
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 Mishmar HaNegev in 1950 | |
| Etymology: Guard of the Negev | |
  Mishmar HaNegev  Mishmar HaNegev | |
| Coordinates: 31°21′51″N 34°43′7″E / 31.36417°N 34.71861°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Bnei Shimon |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 6 October 1946 |
| Founded by | Borochov movement members |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,124 |
History
editMishmar HaNegev was founded in 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev settlements. It was settled by members of Borochovi Youth, a youth group affiliated with Poalei Zion, who set up camp at the site on the evening of 6 October, just after the Yom Kippur fast. In 1994, privatisation process began in the kibbutz and in 2004 the kibbutz members voted to change the rules in favour of total privatisation.[2]
Economy
editMishmar HaNegev is the owner of Polybid Expanded Polystyrene Products, which produces insulation products for Israel and Eastern Europe. The company has an annual turnover of NIS 100 million.[3] Mishmar HaNegev and Ecological Services Ltd. established a joint company, Negev Ecology, that operates a shredding and burial facility for tyre waste materials. The shredding mill can shred eight tons of tires an hour into 10x5cm rubber strips that are buried at a toxic waste site in southern Israel.[4]
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Mishmar HaNegev in 1947
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Mishmar HaNegev in 1947
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Mishmar HaNegev in 1948
Notable people
edit- Eliezer Rafaeli (born 1926), founding president of the University of Haifa
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Crumbling along with the ideology that built it Haaretz
- ^ Tene pursues kibbutz factories, Haaretz
- ^ Ecological service