Kfar Ahim | |
Foundation: | 1949 |
District: | south |
Council: | Be'er Tuvia |
Affiliation: | Moshavim Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel ashkelon#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 31.7447°N 34.7575°W |
Meaning: | Village of Brothers |
Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים||Village of Brothers) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[1] It was named for two brothers who were killed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zvi and Efraim Guber, sons of Mordecai and Rivka Guber from the nearby moshav of Kfar Warburg.[2]
Notable natives of Kfar Ahim include politicians Benny Gantz and Israel Katz.
. 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. 0-88728-224-5. 131 .