Ami'oz

Ami'oz
עַמִּיעוֹז
Hebrew transcription(s)
  official Ammi'oz
Ami'oz
Coordinates: 31°14′54.24″N 34°24′51.12″E / 31.2484000°N 34.4142000°E / 31.2484000; 34.4142000Coordinates: 31°14′54.24″N 34°24′51.12″E / 31.2484000°N 34.4142000°E / 31.2484000; 34.4142000
Council Eshkol
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1956
Founded by Egyptian and Romanian
immigrants
Population (2015) 196[1]

Ami'oz (Hebrew: עַמִּיעוֹז) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 196.

History

The moshav was first established in 1956 by immigrants from Egypt and Romania. Its name recognises the strength (Hebrew: עוז, Oz) displayed by IDF soldiers during the Suez Crisis.[2]

However, it was not a success, and all but four families left. In the early 1960s some Vizhnitz Jews arrived to attempt to settle the area, though they also failed. The community was permanently established in 1962 by a group of immigrants from Morocco who settled on the site with the aid of the Jewish Agency.[2]

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 426. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.

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