Kfar Maimon

Kfar Maimon
כְּפַר מַיְמוֹן‎
Kfar Maimon is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon is located in Israel
Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon
Coordinates: 31°25′55″N 34°32′11″E / 31.43194°N 34.53639°E / 31.43194; 34.53639
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
CouncilSdot Negev
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1959
Founded byBnei Akiva members
Population
 (2022)[1]
438

Kfar Maimon (Hebrew: כְּפַר מַיְמוֹן, lit. 'Maimon Village') is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 438.[1]

History

The village was established in 1959 with the assistance of Jewish Colonisation Association by a gar'in of Bnei Akiva members and was named after Yehuda Leib Maimon, a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence and the first Minister of Religions.[2]

In 2005 the village was the site of a non-violent standoff between tens of thousands of protesters against the Gaza disengagement plan, with police encircling the protesters who had started in Netivot to stop them from continuing their march to Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.[3] The mass influx of demonstrators overloaded mobile telephone and other services in the small agricultural village.

The French High School Lycée Thorani is based in the village.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Kfar Maimon Negev Information Centre
  3. ^ Myre, Greg (July 21, 2005). "Israel moves ahead on Gaza withdrawal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Sabag, Virginie (February 11, 2018). "SPECIAL - L'éducation en français/bilingue en Israël jusqu'au BAC" [SPECIAL: Bilingual/French Education in Israel until the Baccalaureate]. Le Petit Journal (in French). Retrieved April 17, 2019.