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Avshalom, Sinai

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Former Israeli settlement in Sinai, Egypt

Avshalom (Hebrew: אבשלום) was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.

History

The settlement was founded in 1972. It was initially named Merkaz Sadot ("Sadot Center") and later Yad On ("Hand of Strength"). In 1979 it was renamed in honour of Avshalom Feinberg, a leader of the Nili espionage network who had died in Sinai during World War I. Avshalom was dismantled three years later as a result of the Camp David Accords. In 1990 a new community settlement by the same name was founded in Israel.

References

  1. "A Survey of Israeli Settlements" MERIP Reports, number 60, pp13–20
Former Israeli settlements in the Sinai Peninsula
Yamit region
Gulf of Aqaba

31°12′46″N 34°12′8″E / 31.21278°N 34.20222°E / 31.21278; 34.20222

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