Nitzanim
{{Short description|Kibbutz in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Nitzanim
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|נִצָּנִים, ניצנים}}
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| foundation = 1943
| founded_by = Holocaust survivors
| district = south
| council = Hof Ashkelon
| affiliation = HaOved HaTzioni
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| population = {{Israel populations|Nizzanim}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|31|43|3|N|34|38|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.knitzanim.com www.knitzanim.com]
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Nitzanim ({{langx|he|נִצָּנִים||Flower buds}}) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and Ashdod on the Nitzanim dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nizzanim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Nitzanim was established on 8 December 1943 on a 400-acre plot of land purchased by the Jewish National Fund in 1942. On the grounds is a large building that became known as the "mansion."[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006063426/http://www.shimur.org/english/article.php?id=17 Women of Valor Center - Nitzanim]. Society for the Preservation of Israel Heritage sites The first residents were new immigrants, some of them Holocaust survivors.
The kibbutz was bombarded and captured by the Egyptian army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in the Battle of Nitzanim. Of Nitzanim's 141 members, 37 were killed and many were taken prisoner.[http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000012012.htm Nitzanim Beach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601153405/http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000012012.htm |date=2016-06-01 }} Gems in Israel
Following the war, the kibbutz was moved four kilometres south of the original location,[http://www.israelinsideout.com/South-of-Tel-Aviv/historical-sites-in-nitzan.html Historical sites in Nitzan] Israel Inside Out onto the land of the newly depopulated Palestinian village of Hamama.{{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|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=100}}
The original site of the kibbutz became Nitzanim Youth Village in 1949. After the youth village closed in 1990, the community settlement of Nitzan was founded there.
File:ניצנים - נחלת ס.זלצמן, דונידין, זילנד החדשה 100 דונם-JNF040431.jpeg|Nitzanim 1945
File:ניצנים - עבודה בחריש.-JNF045691.jpeg|Nitzanim ploughing 1945
File:ניצנים - מראה כללי.-JNF045230.jpeg|Nitzanim 1947
File:Nitzanim bombarded.jpg|Homes in Nitzanim destroyed in the Arab–Israeli War
See also
- Nizzanim culture, Neolithic culture named after the type-site at Nitzanim
References
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External links
- [http://www.knitzanim.com Official website] (in Hebrew)
- [http://www.archives.mod.gov.il/sites/English/Exhibitions/Pages/The-Battle-of-Nitzanim.aspx The Battle of Nitzanim, exhibition in the Ministry of Defense archives]{{dead link |date= March 2025}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1943
Category:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War