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(Redirected from Mishmar Hanegev) Kibbutz in southern Israel Place in Southern, Israel
Mishmar HaNegev מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב‎
Mishmar HaNegev in 1950
Etymology: Guard of the Negev
Mishmar HaNegev is located in Northwest Negev region of IsraelMishmar HaNegevMishmar HaNegevShow map of Northwest Negev region of IsraelMishmar HaNegev is located in IsraelMishmar HaNegevMishmar HaNegevShow map of Israel
Coordinates: 31°21′51″N 34°43′7″E / 31.36417°N 34.71861°E / 31.36417; 34.71861
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBnei Shimon
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded6 October 1946
Founded byBorochov movement members
Population1,124
Mishmar HaNegev landscape

Mishmar HaNegev (Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב, lit.'Guard of the Negev') is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel. Located on Road 264, about two kilometres south of the Bedouin city of Rahat and around ten kilometres from Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 1,124.

History

Beit Borochov

Mishmar HaNegev was founded in 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev settlements. It was settled by members of Borochovi Youth, a youth group affiliated with Poalei Zion, who set up camp at the site on the evening of 6 October, just after the Yom Kippur fast. In 1994 a privatisation process began in the kibbutz and in 2004 the kibbutz members voted to change the rules in favour of total privatisation.

Economy

Mishmar HaNegev is the owner of Polybid Expanded Polystyrene Products, which produces insulation products for Israel and Eastern Europe. The company has an annual turnover of NIS 100 million. Mishmar HaNegev and Ecological Services Ltd. established a joint company, Negev Ecology, that operates a shredding and burial facility for tyre waste materials. The shredding mill can shred eight tons of tires an hour into 10x5cm rubber strips that are buried at a toxic waste site in southern Israel.

  • Mishmar HaNegev in 1947 Mishmar HaNegev in 1947
  • Mishmar HaNegev in 1948 Mishmar HaNegev in 1948

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. Crumbling along with the ideology that built it Haaretz
  3. Tene pursues kibbutz factories, Haaretz
  4. Ecological service
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