Ofer
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Ofer
| hebname = עופר
| meaning = Fawn
| image = Zichron6960.JPG
| foundation = 1950
| founded_by = Indian and Iranian Jewish refugees
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = haifa
| council = Hof HaCarmel
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Ofer}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| pushpin_map = Israel haifa#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|37|22|N|34|58|56|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
Ofer ({{Langx|he|עופר||Fawn}}) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located south of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Ofer}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from India (mainly Cochin) and Iran. Its name is derived from Ayn Ghazal (lit. Deer Spring), the depopulated Palestinian village on whose land it was built.{{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=148}} It is also on some of the land of the depopulated villages of Khirbat Al-ManaraKhalidi, 1992, p. 176 and Khirbat al-Sawamir.Khalidi, 1992, p. 191
Agricultural income is derived from raising cattle, sheep and chickens, growing vegetables and flowers, and tourism.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
A circular nature trail loops around moshav Ofer, the Paamon Cave and a large section of the Carmel Beach Forest.[https://www.alltrails.com/trail/israel/haifa/ofer-hapaamon-cave-and-carmel-beach-forest Ofer, Hapaamon Cave and Carmel Beach Forest]
References
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Category:Indian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1950