Kfar Ahim Explained

Kfar Ahim
Foundation:1949
District:south
Council:Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation:Moshavim Movement
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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 .

History

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walid Khalidi

    . 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 .

  2. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 282. Yuval . El'azari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.