Retamim

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Retamim
רְתָמִים‎
رتميم
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Retamim
Coordinates: 31°3′13″N34°41′24″E / 31.05361°N 34.69000°E / 31.05361; 34.69000
CountryIsrael
District Southern
Council Ramat HaNegev
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded1983
Founded by Demobilized IDF soldiers
Population
 (2022) [1]
651

Retamim (Hebrew : רְתָמִים) is a kibbutz in the central Negev desert in southern Israel. Located three kilometres northwest of Revivim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 651. [1]

History

The community was founded by a group of demobilized IDF soldiers and new immigrants who started to gather in the kibbutz Be'eri in 1978. A second group was established in Revivim in early 1979. The two groups merged in mid-1979 and moved to a caravan site opposite Park Golda after Tlalim had moved to its permanent site in December 1979.

However, due to a lack of support from the Kibbutz Movement, the kibbutz did not expand, and the movement acted to evict the members, some moved to Revivim others to other kibbutzim and the rest to the towns until eventually only one of the original members remained.

In 1983 the kibbutz was finally established on its present site, assisted by Nahal soldiers from the Hebrew Scouts. In 1994 it united with Kibbutz Revivim after suffering from social problems and members leaving. Some houses were converted into a holiday village called Rotem BeMidbar, though this closed in 2000. From 2002, it served as an immigrant absorption centre catering largely for immigrants from Ethiopia [2] which closed in the fall of 2009.

In 2007, a religious nucleus began to form to settle the place, which settled temporarily in Tlalim. [3] On August 16, 2009, the place was repopulated and became a religious community settlement with close to 150 families (as of spring 2024). The kibbutz is planned to grow to a population of about 300 families and be a central settlement in the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.

In February 2024, a number of Bedouin intruders infiltrated the kibbutz, and were arrested by the civil defense squad. A member of the emergency squad shot one of them, Juma’a al-Danifri, dead. The shooter claimed self-defense, but his version contradicted other testimonies and investigation findings. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ עודד בר מאיר (March 18, 2002). "כפר הנופש" רותם המדבר" יהפוך למרכז קליטה". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  3. ↑ יניב מזומן (July 5, 2007). "קהילה בשבוע: רתמים, קיבוץ טללים". Ynet (in Hebrew).
  4. ↑ "Police say man shot dead by civil defense squad in south after pulling knife on member". Times of Israel . February 3, 2024.
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