Timorim

Timorim תימורים‎
Timorim
Coordinates: 31°42′55″N34°45′36″E / 31.71528°N 34.76000°E / 31.71528; 34.76000
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation	HaOved HaTzioni
Founded	1948 (original location) 1954 (current location)
Founded by	HaNoar HaTzioni members
Population  (2022) [1]	756
Website	www.timorim.org [ usurped ]

Timorim (Hebrew : תִּמּוֹרִים) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain around a kilometer south of the Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 756. ^[1]

The village also functions as a community settlement for its community of non-members

History

The village was established in 1948 by a gar'in of youth from South Africa, Romania and Egypt from the youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni as a kibbutz on Shimron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the community settlement of Timrat. It was named after a carving in the shape of a palm in the temple: 1 Kings 6:29. ^[2] It was built on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Tall al-Turmus. ^[3] In 1953 it was reorganized as a moshav shitufi, one of the first in the country. In 1954 the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at its original site. ^[4]

Economy

Timorim's income in 2005 derived mainly from industry (74%), with additional 15% from agriculture and 11% from outside work of Timorim members and other sources. ^[5] Timorim has two industries: "Tomer Plastics" manufacturing plastic furniture for the institutional market (est. 1961–1975) and "Tomer 2000" manufacturing metal pipes (est. 1978). Agriculture includes cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. A dairy herd of 450 head is managed jointly with Kibbutz Hulda.

Notable residents

• Assaf Lowengart (born 1998), baseball player on Team Israel
• Michael Harris (born 1956), public policy scholar and universities executive ^[6]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.462, ISBN   965-220-186-3
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 138. ISBN   0-88728-224-5.
4. Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 555. ISBN   965-7184-34-7.
5. Timorim audited financial statements for 2003-2005.
6. Hasade, vol. 16, booklet 12, September 1987.

External links

• Official website ^{[ usurped ]}(in Hebrew)