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 Synagogue of Bror Hayil | |
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| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Sha'ar HaNegev |
| Region | Northern Negev |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 10 April 1948 |
| Founded by | Egyptian Jews |
| Population | 462 |
Bror Hayil (Template:Lang-he-n) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 462.
History
The village was established on 10 April 1948 on Jewish National Fund land, funded by Keren HaYesod. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the founding date was May 18.The founders were mostly immigrants from Egypt. Soon after its foundation, it became the target kibbutz of the Brazilian branch of the Zionist youth movement Dror, and later Dror Habonim. Today many residents are immigrants from Brazil.
Bror Hayil was the only Jewish village founded between the UN Partition Plan and the Israeli declaration of independence.
According to Arab historian Walid Khalidi, it was established on the land of a depopulated Palestinian village named Burayr.
Notable residents
References
- ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Bror Hayil". Ariel Encyclopedia. Vol. Volume 1. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. pp. 1024–25.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|volume=has extra text (help) Template:He icon - Morris, Benny (2008). 1948 - A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. p. 307.
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- HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. pp. 159–160. ISBN 965-448-413-7. Template:He icon
- Khalidi, 1992, p.92
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676.
External links
- Bror Hayil Negev Information Centre
| Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council | |
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| Other villages | |