Ein HaBesor
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Ein HaBesor is a moshav
in southern Israel
. Located in the Hevel Eshkol
area of the north-western Negev
desert near the border with the Gaza Strip
and around a kilometre from Magen
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 684. En Besor, was an Egyptian First Dynasty Staging Post along the "ways of Horus" trade route in the Northern Negev. The staging post was contemporary with Tell es-Sakan
The moshav was established in 1982 by settlers
who had been evacuated from Sinai as a result of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, some of whom were from Sadot.
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 Eshkol
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...
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 border with 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...
and around a kilometre from Magen
Magen, Israel
Magen is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert and covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 480....
, 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 684. En Besor, was an Egyptian First Dynasty Staging Post along the "ways of Horus" trade route in the Northern Negev. The staging post was contemporary with Tell es-Sakan
Tell es-Sakan
Tell es-Sakan was an important ancient Egyptian maritime settlement during the early Bronze Age, situated at the mouth of wadi Ghazzeh. Its geographical situation endowed it with a position of importance at the crossroads on the land based trade routes to Arabia, the Egyptian empire to the south...
The moshav was established in 1982 by settlers
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
who had been evacuated from Sinai as a result of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, some of whom were from Sadot.
External links
- Ein HaBesor at the Negev information center