Timorim

Timorim
  • תימורים (Hebrew)
Timorim is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Timorim
Timorim
Location within Ashkelon region of Israel
Coordinates: 31°42′55″N 34°45′36″E / 31.71528°N 34.76000°E / 31.71528; 34.76000
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
SubdistrictAshkelon
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationHaOved HaTzioni
Founded1948 (original location)
1954 (current location)
FounderHaNoar HaTzioni members
Population
 (2024)
703
Websitewww.timorim.org

Timorim (Hebrew: תִּמּוֹרִים) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain around a kilometer south of the Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 703.

The village also functions as a community settlement for its community of non-members

History

The village was established in 1948 by a gar'in of youth from South Africa, Romania and Egypt from the youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni as a kibbutz on Shimron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the community settlement of Timrat. It was named after a carving in the shape of a palm in the temple: 1 Kings 6:29. It was built at a site near the former depopulated Palestinian village of Tall al-Turmus. In 1953 it was reorganized as a moshav shitufi, one of the first in the country. In 1954 the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at its original site.

Economy

Timorim's income in 2005 derived mainly from industry (74%), with additional 15% from agriculture and 11% from outside work of Timorim members and other sources. Timorim has two industries: "Tomer Plastics" manufacturing plastic furniture for the institutional market (est. 1961–1975) and "Tomer 2000" manufacturing metal pipes (est. 1978). Agriculture includes cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. A dairy herd of 450 head is managed jointly with Kibbutz Hulda.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.462, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 138. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 555. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  5. ↑ Timorim audited financial statements for 2003-2005.
  6. ↑ Hasade, vol. 16, booklet 12, September 1987.