Palmachim
{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Palmachim
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|פַּלְמַחִים}}
| image = Palmaxim036.jpg
| caption =
| foundation = 11 April 1949
| founded_by = Palmach veterans
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Gan Raveh
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Palmahim}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|31|56|0|N|34|42|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.palmachim.org.il/}}
}}
Palmachim ({{langx|he|פַּלְמַחִים}}) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Palmahim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Palmachim was established on 11 April 1949 by former members of the Palmach underground organization's Yiftach Brigade,{{Cite book
| publisher = Mapa Publishing
| isbn = 965-7184-34-7
|editor=Yuval Elʻazari
| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
| location = Tel-Aviv
| year = 2005
| page = 445
|language=he}} on land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin.{{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|pages=403}}
In 2004 the kibbutz underwent privatization. In 2006 former residents of Elei Sinai, an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip evicted during the disengagement plan protested to the government until they were allowed to move to the kibbutz. In 2011, 25 families evicted from Elei Sinai (48 persons) were accepted as members to the kibbutz. In 2013, they began building their homes in Palmachim.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Economy
The kibbutz produces agricultural goods and is home to high tech companies.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Tourism
The ruins of ancient Yavne's seaport, Yavneh-Yam, are located nearby, and its archaeological findings are on display in the kibbutz's small museum.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
There are also plans to build a 350-apartment holiday resort on Palmachim beach, though this has led to several protests and was delayed.[http://greenprophet.com/2008/02/17/battle-beach/ Battle for the Beach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315193056/http://greenprophet.com/2008/02/17/battle-beach/ |date=2008-03-15 }} Green Prophet, 17 February 2008
See also
References
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{{Gan Raveh Regional Council}}
Category:Populated places established in 1949