Mivtahim
Sign in to saveMivtahim () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border and covering an area of 4,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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Mivtahim () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border and covering an area of 4,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The village was first established on 7 January 1947 as a kibbutz of the HaOved HaTzioni movement. Its name is taken from Isaiah 32:18: And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
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