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11 points in the Negev (11 HaNekudot) was a Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency for Israel

The Jewish Agency for Israel , also known as the Sochnut or JAFI, served as the pre-state Jewish government before the establishment of Israel and later became the organization in charge of immigration and absorption of Jews from the Diaspora....
 settlement operation in 1946 carried out in order to create a Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish presence in the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 desert prior to any partition of Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
.

The settlement occurred overnight following the end of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur , also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are Atonement in Judaism and Repentance in Judaism....
, i.e. the night of 5-6 October.

The eleven settlements were:






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11 points in the Negev (11 HaNekudot) was a Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency for Israel

The Jewish Agency for Israel , also known as the Sochnut or JAFI, served as the pre-state Jewish government before the establishment of Israel and later became the organization in charge of immigration and absorption of Jews from the Diaspora....
 settlement operation in 1946 carried out in order to create a Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish presence in the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 desert prior to any partition of Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
.

The settlement occurred overnight following the end of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur , also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are Atonement in Judaism and Repentance in Judaism....
, i.e. the night of 5-6 October.

The eleven settlements were:
  • Be'eri
    Be'eri

    Be'eri is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council....
  • Gal On
    Gal On

    Gal On is a kibbutz in Israel's Shephelah associated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement and its Kibbutz Movement#Kibbutz Artzi settlement organisation ....
  • Hatzerim
    Hatzerim

    Hatzerim is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel....
  • Kedma
    Kedma, Israel

    Kedma is a youth village in the Shephelah area of south-central Israel. It is under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council....
  • Kfar Darom
    Kfar Darom

    Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip....
  • Mishmar HaNegev
    Mishmar HaNegev

    Mishmar HaNegev is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel. It is located on Road 264, about 2 kilometres south of the Negev Bedouins city of Rahat and around 10 km from Beersheba and is part of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council....
  • Nevatim
    Nevatim

    Nevatim is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert around 8 kilometres south-east of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council....
  • Nirim
    Nirim

    Nirim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev in Israel. Located near the border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council....
  • Shoval
    Shoval

    Shoval is a kibbutz in the northern Negev desert in Israel. Located near the Negev Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council....
  • Tkuma
    Tkuma, Israel

    Tkuma is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located north-west of Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 514....
  • Urim
    Urim, Israel

    Urim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the border of the Gaza Strip and about 30 kilometers west of Beersheba, the kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council....


See also

  • Three lookouts
    Three lookouts

    The three lookouts is a term used to refer to three Jewish settlements built in the Negev desert in 1943.The settlements were built on land owned by the Jewish National Fund, with the aim of both protecting the land, and assessing the local soils and climate and their suitability for agriculture....


External links

  • Jerusalem Post, 25 January 2007