Neve Mivtah is a small moshav

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 the north end of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council

Be'er Tuvia Regional Council

Be'er Tuvia Regional Council , is a regional council in the southern Coastal Plain region in Israel.It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in the east; Hof Ashkelon regional council, the Mediterranean Sea, the city of Ashdod and Gan Yavne local council in the west; Gederot, Hevel Yavne...

, south near Bnei Ayish

Bnei Ayish

Bnei Ayish , pop. 7,600, is a town , in the Center District of Israel, about ten km from Ashdod and bordering Gedera.Bnei Ayish originally served as a transit camp for immigrants from Yemen in the early 1950s. Before Israeli independence, the area had served as a military base for British Army...

 and Gedera

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. It borders Moshav Bitzaron

Bitzaron

Bitzaron is a moshav in the South District of Israel and part of the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. It is located on local road 3811, between Gan Yavne and Bnei Ayish. The moshav's population is approximately 1,000, and its area is about 5,000 dunams ....

 to the south, the agricultural school Kannot

Kannot

Kannot is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 284....

 to the east, Moshav Misgav Dov

Misgav Dov

Misgav Dov is a moshav near Gedera in the coastal plain of south-central Israel. It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council. It is named after Dov Gruner, a member of the Irgun....

 to the north, and Kvutzat Yavne to the west.

The Moshav was founded in 1950 on some of the lands of the Arab village Bashit, and nowadays is inhabited by about 120 families.

History

At first, this settlement was a temporary ma'abara to 60 immigrant

Aliyah

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 families of Holocaust

The Holocaust

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 survivors from Poland

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, as an expansion to the older moshav Bitzaron

Bitzaron

Bitzaron is a moshav in the South District of Israel and part of the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. It is located on local road 3811, between Gan Yavne and Bnei Ayish. The moshav's population is approximately 1,000, and its area is about 5,000 dunams ....

. Its residents were housed in tin dwellings, supplied by the Jewish Agency for Israel

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. Since it was not an independent Moshav, the future residents had to redeem the food coupons, supplied by the Agency, at Bitzaron centre. The residents of Bitzaron were given favour as to the food supply, and thus many times had the inhabitants of the ma'abara to return empty-handed. They have decided to cut themselves off from Bitzaron, and on 1950, only a short while after placing the ma'abara, Neve Mivtah was founded.

Name

The Moshav is surrounded by military bases, such as Hatzor Airbase

Hatzor Airbase

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 and Tel Nof Airbase

Tel Nof Airbase

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. Because of this, a feeling of security was over the founders, and the Moshav was given its name. The inspiration for the name came from the Book of Psalms:

"Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust"

(Psalm 40:4, Authorised Version)