Nir Galim

Nir Galim (Hebrew: נִיר גַּלִּים, lit. 'Waves Meadow') is a religious moshav shitufi in south-central Israel, adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Located in the southern coastal plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,333.

History

The moshav was established in 1949, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Arab Suqrir, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

It was initially called Nir VeGal (Hebrew: ניר וגל, lit. 'Meadow and Wave'). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Central Europe, including a set of twins who survived Josef Mengele's experiments.

The Testimony House for the Heritage of the Holocaust was established on the moshav in 2009.

Notable residents

• Ofir Ben Shitrit, Orthodox Jewish singer
• Yehuda Saado, Israeli singer

References

1. Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
2. Palestinian fedayeen
3. Ofir Ben Shitrit
4. Operation Black Arrow
5. Highway 41 (Israel)
6. Kfar HaRoeh Yeshiva
7. List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war
8. Kalman Liebskind
9. Arab Suqrir
10. Kissufim tank ambush
11. List of moshavim
12. Maccabi Haifa F.C.
13. 1949 in Israel
14. Chronology of Aliyah in modern times
15. Yehuda Saado
16. Hevel Yavne Regional Council
17. List of Egged bus routes in Israel
18. Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
19. Youth village
20. Negev Bedouin