- Beit Guvrin, Israel
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Beit Guvrin
imgsize = 250px
foundation = 1949
founded_by = FormerPalmach members
region =Lakhish
industry = Agriculture,
affiliation =Kibbutz Movement
website =Beit Guvrin ( _he. בֵּית גֻּבְרִין, "lit." House of Men - Guvrin is an ancient Aramaic word) is a
kibbutz in theLakhish region, west of the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, for which it is named. It belongs toYoav Regional Council . It is about 14 km east ofKiryat Gat , the nearest city. Its area is about 20,000 dunams.Beit Guvrin was founded in 1949 by people who left
Palmach on the land of the abandoned Arab villageBeit Jibrin , whose residents fled after military assault by Jewish forces it in the1948 Arab-Israeli War . [Benny Morris (2004): "The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited", p. XIX, village #322. Gives the cause of depopulation, p xxii #166 gives date of establishment.]Nearby is the ancient city of
Eleutheropolis .References
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