Nir Etzion (lit. Etzion Meadow) is a religious moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah .... in northern Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... . Located near Atlit
Atlit
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. Originally an outpost of the Crusaders, it fell in 1291. The modern village was founded in 1903 under the auspices of Edmond James de Rothschild.... , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
Hof Hacarmel Regional Council is a Regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, from Tirat Carmel in the north to Caesarea in the south.... . In 2006 it had a population of 879.
A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism.... by refugees from Kfar Etzion
Kfar Etzion
Kfar Etzion is a religious Israeli settlement and kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. It falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.... and Be'erot Yitzhak
Be'erot Yitzhak
Be'erot Yitzhak is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.... (which had been captured by the Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba.... ian and Egypt
Egypt
Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.... ian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.... ) as well as Holocaust survivors
Sh'erit ha-Pletah
Sh'erit ha-Pletah is a biblical term used by Jewish survivors of the Nazi The Holocaust to refer to themselves and the communities they formed following their liberation in the spring of 1945.... and members of the Ahdut and Tikvakvutzot
Kvutza
Kvutza or kevutza can be used as:*A definition of an organized group of children consisting of boys and girls graded by age, as used in modern Israel.... . It was named after Kfar Etzion.
In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.
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Nir Etzion (lit. Etzion Meadow) is a religious moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah .... in northern Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... . Located near Atlit
Atlit
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. Originally an outpost of the Crusaders, it fell in 1291. The modern village was founded in 1903 under the auspices of Edmond James de Rothschild.... , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
Hof Hacarmel Regional Council is a Regional council located in the northern Israeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, from Tirat Carmel in the north to Caesarea in the south.... . In 2006 it had a population of 879.
A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism.... by refugees from Kfar Etzion
Kfar Etzion
Kfar Etzion is a religious Israeli settlement and kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. It falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.... and Be'erot Yitzhak
Be'erot Yitzhak
Be'erot Yitzhak is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.... (which had been captured by the Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba.... ian and Egypt
Egypt
Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.... ian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict.... ) as well as Holocaust survivors
Sh'erit ha-Pletah
Sh'erit ha-Pletah is a biblical term used by Jewish survivors of the Nazi The Holocaust to refer to themselves and the communities they formed following their liberation in the spring of 1945.... and members of the Ahdut and Tikvakvutzot
Kvutza
Kvutza or kevutza can be used as:*A definition of an organized group of children consisting of boys and girls graded by age, as used in modern Israel.... . It was named after Kfar Etzion.
