Kedma, Israel
{{Short description|Youth village in southern Israel}}
{{Other uses|Kedma (disambiguation){{!}}Kedma}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
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|hebname=קדמה
| image = File:Kedma2.jpg
| district = south
| council = Yoav
| founded = 1946
| affiliation =
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| population = {{Israel populations|Qedma}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|42|5|N|34|46|32|E|display=inline,title}}
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Kedma ({{langx|he|קֵדְמָה}}) is a youth village in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council.
History
Kedma was founded as a kibbutz as part of the 11 points in the Negev campaign in 1946. It was founded on land traditionally belonging to the Palestinian village of Summil.{{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|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=137}} After 1948, it also started to farm some of the land belonging to Bil'in.{{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|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=91}}
Because of social and economic difficulties the kibbutz was abandoned in 1962. In 1971 a group of American Jewish youths settled on the site in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the community.[https://jfc.org.il/news_journal/60857-2/99162-2/ יהודים אמריקאים צעירים מנסים לשקם את קיבוץ קדמה שננטש] It was reconstituted as a youth village in 1979.
References
{{Commons category|Kedma}}
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{{Yoav}}
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Category:Youth villages in Israel
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)