| Carmit כרמית | |
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| District | Southern |
| Founded | 2005; 20 years ago (2005) |
Carmit Hebrew: כרמית is a community settlement in the northern Negev of Israel within the jurisdiction of Meitar located near Cramim Forest.
The community was founded for olim from North America. A neighborhood for ultra-Orthodox Jews was also planned. In 2005 the District Planning and Building Commission of the Southern Region approved the construction of 739 housing units for Carmit's Phase A. Residents moved into the first neighborhood during 2013, with the community eventually intended to comprise over 2,500 housing units, each on an area of 1/8 acre (1/2 dunam).
Absorption to Carmit is being carried out by the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Agency, the Meitar local council and the OR Movement that has established six new communities in the Negev, West Bank and Galilee – Sansana (West Bank, est. 1997-2000), Merchav Am, Mitzpe Ilan, Haruv (2004), Be'er Milka (2006), and Giv'ot Bar (2004).
In 2011, marketing for plots of land began.
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References
- ^ "Developing New Communities". Jewish National Fund. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- Dorronk (2011-02-15). "Newest Negev community - Carmit". The South African Zionist Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- Ehud Zion Waldoks (2011-02-04). "First housing plots in new Negev community go up for sale". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- Koriel, Ilana (February 2, 2011). "יישוב כרמית יוצא לדרך: מגרשים ראשונים למכירה" [Carmit Gets Going: First Plots for Sale]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved April 16, 2019.
External links
- Carmit's official website (version archived in 2018)
- Or Movement's official website (in Hebrew)
- Carmit (in Hebrew)
- Jewish National Fund
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