Kfar Maimon
| Kfar Maimon כְּפַר מַיְמוֹן | |
|---|---|
  Kfar Maimon | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′54.83″N 34°32′10.67″E / 31.4318972°N 34.5362972°ECoordinates: 31°25′54.83″N 34°32′10.67″E / 31.4318972°N 34.5362972°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Sdot Negev |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founded by | Bnei Akiva members |
| Population (2015)[1] | 296 |
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 2015 it had a population of 296.
History
The village was established in 1959 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.
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.[2] 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.
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Price, Matthew (2005-07-19). "Middle East | Battle of wills over Gaza pull-out". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
External links
- Kfar Maimon Negev Information Centre