Neve Harif is a kibbutz

Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...

 in southern Israel. Located in the Arabah

Arabah

The Arabah , also known as Aravah, is a section of the Great Rift Valley running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea and continuing further south where it ends at the Gulf of Aqaba. It includes most of the border between Israel to the...

 valley near Eilat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council

Hevel Eilot Regional Council

Hevel Eilot Regional Council is a regional council in the South District of Israel, near the city of Eilat. It is the southernmost regional council in Israel....

. In 2008 it had a population of 127.

History

The kibbutz was founded in 1983 by city dwellers who wanted to establish a kibbutz that would combine the kibbutz ideology with a modern daily lifestyle. The community was established on a temporary site named Shitim, moving to the current site a year later. The kibbutz was originally named Avida based on its location, but was renamed Neve Harif in honour of Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

 member and kibbutz activist Moshe Harif

Moshe Harif

-Biography:Born in Sosnowiec in Poland in 1933, Harif made aliyah to Mandate Palestine the following year. He attended high school in Jerusalem, and went on to study architecture and urban construction at the Technion.In 1952 he joined kibbutz Tzora...

who was killed in a car crash in 1982.

External links

• Neve Harif Negev Information Centre