Nir Etzion is a religious moshav shitufi

Moshav shitufi

A Moshav shitufi is a type of cooperative village in Israel whose organizational principles place it between the kibbutz and the moshav on the scale of cooperation...

 in northern Israel

Israel

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. Located between Ein Hod

Ein Hod

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 and Ein Hawd

Ein Hawd

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 near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

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. In 2007 it had a population of 877.

The village was established in 1950 as 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...

 by refugees from Kfar Etzion

Kfar Etzion

Kfar Etzion is a religious Israeli settlement and kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. It has a population of 400 and falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council...

 and Be'erot Yitzhak

Be'erot Yitzhak

Be'erot Yitzhak is a religious kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council...

 (which had been captured by the Jordan

Jordan

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ian and Egypt

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ian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

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) as well as Holocaust survivors

Sh'erit ha-Pletah

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 and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot

Kvutza

Kvutza or kevutza can be used as:*A definition of an organized group of children consisting of boys and girls graded by age, as used in modern Israel.*It can also refer to any other type of group of individuals...

. It was named after Kfar Etzion.

In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.

External links

• Official website