Ahva | |
Altoffsp: | Ahawa |
Meaning: | Brotherhood |
Foundation: | 1974 |
District: | south |
Council: | Be'er Tuvia |
Pushpin Map: | Israel ashkelon#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 31.7433°N 34.7692°W |
Ahva (Hebrew: אַחֲוָה||Brotherhood) is a village in the northern Negev desert of southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and had a population of in . It is adjacent to the Ahva Academic College and acts as a service center for the surrounding settlements, including Kfar Ahim, Kfar HaRif, Talmei Yehiel and Yenon.[1]
The village was established in 1976 for civil servants of the regional council on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.[2]
. All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 125. 0-88728-224-5.