Hatzor (kibbutz)
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| Coordinates: 31°46′19.55″N 34°43′13.43″E / 31.7720972°N 34.7203972°ECoordinates: 31°46′19.55″N 34°43′13.43″E / 31.7720972°N 34.7203972°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 17 June 1946 |
| Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair |
| Population (2015) | 556 |
| Website | www.hatzor.org.il |
Hatzor (Hebrew: חָצוֹר), officially Hatzor Ashdod, is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 556.
The kibbutz is named after a biblical city in the territory of the Tribe of Judah called "Hatzor" (Joshua 15:23). The addition of "Ashdod" is to distinguish between this kibbutz and the town of Hatzor HaGlilit, although the kibbutz is best known as simply "Hatzor".
The gar'in of the kibbutz was founded by a group of Hashomer Hatzair graduates from Mandatory Palestine who gathered at Mishmar HaEmek in 1936. It was named as Kibbutz Eretz Israeli Gimel (Gimel is the third letter of the Hebrew Alphabet). In 1937 the members left Mishmar HaEmek and moved to Rishon LeZion and settled in a camp used by another gar'in that left to establish the kibbutz of Sha'ar HaGolan. At Rishon LeZion the members were occupied in manual work at orchards, factories, road paving (for the Solel Boneh company) and established a carpentry shop and a Laundrette. In 1938, some of the members were sent for agricultural training in Beit Gan. In 1941 the gari'n absorbed a group of pioneers from Bulgaria, graduates of Hashomer Hatzair and in the years 1945 and 1946 two groups from the United States and Canada, graduates of the movement as well. In 13 May 1943, a group of the gar'in members founded Gvulot, one of the three lookouts, the first Jewish settlements in the Negev. The members settled in Gvulot for three years where they worked the lands of the Jewish National Fund and asked to remain there as a permanent settlement. In 1946 Jewish establishments decided to give the land to members of kibbutz Nirim and in return the members of Kibbutz Eretz Israeli Gimel were given lands near Yasur.
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