Palmachim
Kibbutz in central Israel
title: "Palmachim" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kibbutzim", "kibbutz-movement", "populated-places-established-in-1949", "populated-places-in-central-district-(israel)", "1949-establishments-in-israel"] description: "Kibbutz in central Israel" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmachim" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Kibbutz in central Israel ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kibbutz"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Palmachim |
| hebname | |
| image | Palmaxim036.jpg |
| foundation | 11 April 1949 |
| founded_by | Palmach veterans |
| country | |
| district | center |
| council | Gan Raveh |
| affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel center ta#Israel |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| coordinates | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Palmachim
| hebname =
| image = Palmaxim036.jpg
| caption =
| foundation = 11 April 1949
| founded_by = Palmach veterans
| country =
| district = center
| council = Gan Raveh
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear =
| population =
| population_footnotes =
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = left
| coordinates =
| website =
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Palmaxim025.jpg" caption="Palmachim desalination plant"]
::
Palmachim () is a gated community and kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Palmachim was established on 11 April 1949 by former members of the Palmach underground organization's Yiftach Brigade,{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 |editor=Yuval Elʻazari | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | year = 2005 | page = 445 |language=he}} on land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin.
In 2004 the kibbutz underwent privatization. In 2006 former residents of Elei Sinai, an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip evicted during the disengagement plan protested to the government until they were allowed to move to the kibbutz. In 2011, 25 families evicted from Elei Sinai (48 persons) were accepted as members to the kibbutz. In 2013, they began building their homes in Palmachim.
Economy
The kibbutz produces agricultural goods and is home to high tech companies.
Tourism
The ruins of ancient Yavne's seaport, Yavneh-Yam, are located nearby, and its archaeological findings are on display in the kibbutz's small museum.
There are also plans to build a 350-apartment holiday resort on Palmachim beach, though this has led to several protests and was delayed.
References
References
- (11 August 2024). "פסלי הגולשים בקיבוץ פלמחים - חוף קיבוץ פלמחים". בא לי לטייל.
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- [http://greenprophet.com/2008/02/17/battle-beach/ Battle for the Beach] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-03-15 Green Prophet, 17 February 2008)
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::