Giv'ati
{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{About|the moshav|the IDF brigade|Giv'ati Brigade|the archaeological site|Givati Parking Lot dig}}
{{Infobox Israel village
|name = Giv'ati
|hebname=גבעתי
|arname=غيفعاتي
|image = File:PikiWiki Israel 14189 Givati Village.JPG
|founded = 1950
|founded_by = IDF veterans and immigrants from Egypt
|district = south
|council = Be'er Tuvia
|affiliation= Moshavim Movement
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|population = {{Israel populations|Giv'ati}}
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|pushpin_map= Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
|coordinates = {{coord|31|43|56|N|34|40|48|E|display=inline,title}}
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Giv'ati ({{langx|he|גִּבְעָתִי}}) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Giv'ati}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded by IDF veterans and Jewish refugees from Egypt on the ruins of the Palestinian Arab village of Bayt Daras,{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=87}} and was named after the Giv'ati Brigade of the IDF, which stopped the Egyptian Army from entering Israel from the south in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.{{cite book |publisher=Mapa Publishing |isbn=965-7184-34-7 |pages=100 |editor1-last=El'azari |editor1-first=Yuval |title=Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel |location=Tel Aviv |year=2005 |language=he}}
Economy
Pashut Yarok ("Simply Green") is a Giv'ati-based company that has developed and manufactures Shock Pad, a shock-absorbing, water- and fireproof material uniquely produced from discarded polyethylene, currently used in playgrounds and with the potential of being used as insulation in house construction.{{cite news |last=Blum |first=Ruthie |date=March 9, 2015 |title=Shock Pad mat protects kids (and the planet) |url=https://www.israel21c.org/shock-pad-mat-protects-kids-and-the-planet/ |magazine=Israel 21c |access-date=April 16, 2019}}
References
{{Commons category|Giv'ati}}
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{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)