Sdei Avraham
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Sdei Avraham is a moshav
in southern Israel
. Located in the Hevel Shalom
area of the north-western Negev
desert near the Gaza Strip
border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 211.
The moshav was founded in 1982 by evacuees from Sinai and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom , but was later renamed after Avraham Hirtzfeld, a leader of Mapai
.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in southern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located in the Hevel Shalom
Hevel Shalom
Hevel Shalom is an area in the western Negev desert close to Israel's border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai. This area was elected to be substitutive area for evacuees from Yamit.-Villages:...
area of the north-western Negev
Negev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert near the Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council
Eshkol Regional Council
The Eshcol Regional Council is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional...
. In 2006 it had a population of 211.
The moshav was founded in 1982 by evacuees from Sinai and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom , but was later renamed after Avraham Hirtzfeld, a leader of Mapai
Mapai
Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...
.