Shimshit
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| image = Shimshit.jpg
| foundation = 2000
| founded_by = Tzibi Springer
| district = north
| council = Jezreel Valley
| affiliation =
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Shimshit}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel jezreel |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|44|0|N|35|14|48|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.shimshit.org.il/ www.shimshit.org.il]
}}
Shimshit ({{langx|he|שִׁמְשִׁית}}) is a secular community settlement in northern Israel. Located to the north-west of Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shimshit}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in the summer of 2000. The architect and entrepreneur of the village, as part of the Galilee Progress, was Tzibi Springer, who took over the tasks of planning, and managing the construction of the village after the Housing Ministry abandoned the project. Shimshit was named after the nearby archaeological tell.
Shimshit's admissions committee reviews all potential new residents and prevents Arabs from living in the community.{{Cite journal |last=Schwake |first=Gabriel |last2=Yacobi |first2=Haim |date=June 2024 |title=Decolonisation, gentrification, and the settler-colonial city: Reappropriation and new forms of urban exclusion in Israel |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10179768/1/schwake-yacobi-2023-decolonisation-gentrification-and-the-settler-colonial-city-reappropriation-and-new-forms-of-urban.pdf |journal=Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space |language=en |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=618–638 |doi=10.1177/23996544231208198 |issn=2399-6544}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.shimshit.org.il Village website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 2000