- Bnei Darom
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Bnei Darom
foundation = 1949
founded_by = Former residents ofKfar Darom
region = Coastal plain
council = Hevel Yavne
industry =
affiliation =Religious Kibbutz Movement
website = [http://www.bnei-darom.com/1/ www.bnei-darom.com]Bnei Darom ( _he. בְּנֵי דָּרוֹם, lit. "Sons of the South") is a religious
moshav shitufi in centralIsrael . Located near the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction ofHevel Yavne Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 400.Bnei Darom was established in 1949 by members of the
gar'in group "Netivot Kfar Darom" who had been forced out of KibbutzKfar Darom in theGaza Strip when it was occupied by theEgypt ian Army during the1948 Arab-Israeli War . They were joined by another gar'in group, "Morasha" from theUnited States , though most of its members were not prepared for the kibbutz-style life inmoshav shitufi and left, some of them to formBeit Hazon . Originally affiliated withHapoel HaMizrachi , it joined theReligious Kibbutz Movement as a moshav shitufi in 2007.External links
* [http://www.bnei-darom.com/1/ Official website] he icon
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