Nir Galim
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Nir Galim
| image = PikiWiki Israel 10171 quot;testimony museumquot; in nir galim.jpg
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|נִיר גַּלִּים}}
| foundation = 1949
| founded_by = {{nowrap|Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivors}}
| district = center
| council = Hevel Yavne
| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi
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| population = {{Israel populations|Nir Gallim}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|49|29|N|34|41|0|E|display=inline,title}}
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Nir Galim ({{langx|he|נִיר גַּלִּים||Waves Meadow}}) is a religious moshav shitufi in south-central Israel, adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Located in the southern coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nir Gallim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was established in 1949, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Arab Suqrir, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.{{cite book|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=80}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |authorlink=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR22 xxii], settlement #130}}
It was initially called Nir VeGal ({{langx|he|ניר וגל||Meadow and Wave}}). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Central Europe, including a set of twins who survived Josef Mengele's experiments.Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel (1992) Children of the Flames Penguin Books
The Testimony House for the Heritage of the Holocaust was established on the moshav in 2009.[https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Bnei-Akiva-celebrates-museums-recognition-of-its-pre-state-work-in-UK Bnei Akiva celebrates museum's recognition of its pre-state work in UK] The Jerusalem Post
Notable residents
See also
- Operation Dugo, an annual event originating in Nir Galim
References
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Category:Religious Israeli communities
Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)