Kfar Ahim
Kfar Ahim
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| Etymology: Village of Brothers | |
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| Coordinates: 31°44′41″N 34°45′27″E / 31.74472°N 34.75750°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Polish and Romanian immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 861 |
Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. 'Village of Brothers') is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 861.[1]
History
[edit]The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[2] It was named for two brothers who were killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg.[3]
Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include politicians Benny Gantz and Israel Katz.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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