{{Short description|Former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip}} {{expand Russian|topic=geo|date=December 2023}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{onesource|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox Kibbutz |settlement_type=Former [[Israeli settlement]] |pushpin_map=Israel gaza |pushpin_mapsize= 250 |pushpin_label_position= |coordinates = {{coord|31|19|18|N|34|15|06|E|display=inline,title}} |name= Bnei Atzmon |image= Sender-bneyatzmon02.jpg |hebname={{Script/Hebrew|בְּנֵי עַצְמוֹן}} |meaning= Sons of Atzmon |foundation= 1978 |founded_by= [[Orthodox Jew]]s |country= }}
'''Bnei Atzmon''' ({{langx|he|בְּנֵי עַצְמוֹן}}) was an [[Israeli settlement]] previously in the [[Sinai Peninsula]], later moved to the [[Gaza Strip]] before being destroyed in 2005.
== History == Bnei Atzmon was founded in 1979 in the [[Yamit]] region of the Sinai Peninsula as a response to the [[Camp David Accords]], which promoted trading [[land for peace|territory for peace]].
In 1982, the settlement was relocated to the [[Gush Katif]] region of the Gaza Strip about three kilometres north of [[Rafah]] after the signing of the [[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty]] and the subsequent eviction of all Jews living in Sinai and surrender of all land there. The settlement in Sinai was originally named '''Atzmona''', but since that location was evacuated and Israeli law forbids renaming a new location with that of a previously existing legal entity, '''Bnei Atzmon''' (''Sons of Atzmon'', named after the Biblical border point of Israel (Numbers 34:4-5)),<ref>{{cite book | author = Immanuel Hareuveni | title = Israel Guide| volume = 1 | publisher = Sefrit Ma'ariv, Tel Aviv | year = 1989 | pages = 98}}</ref> became the officially registered name. Nonetheless, it is more often referred to as Atzmona. The [[moshav]]'s mostly [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] was associated with the [[Amana (Israel)|Amana]] settlement organization.
On March 7, 2002, a [[Atzmona Massacre|terrorist from Hamas killed 5 Israeli civilians aged 18 and injured 23 others]].
It was destroyed in 2005 by the Israeli government as part of the [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza]].
== Education == The Regional [[Talmud Torah]] School for nearby children was located in Bnei Atzmon, as well as the prestigious religious pre-army [[Mechina]], ''Otzem'', with 150 students under the leadership of the Rabbi [[Rafi Peretz]]. On the settlement was a branch of the [[Ariel (youth organization)|Ariel]] [[youth organization]].
== Economy == Several local industries provided employment for residents areas including the "Atzmona nursery" for house plants, which was the second largest in [[Israel]] and a factory producing cleaning materials.
In the cooperative settlement, there was area of more than 50,000 [[dunam]]s (50 km<sup>2</sup>) of field crops in the [[Besor]] area, 12 dunams (12,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of [[turkey (bird)|turkey]] coops, a barn, and a building company.
== Evacuation == [[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - The Evacuation of Atzmona.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Residents of Bnei Atzmon during evacuation]] It was home to about 90 families, including just under 600 people, at the time of its destruction as a result of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] on August 17, 2005. While some form of opposition had been expected from residents in this nationalistic settlement, the actual expulsion was carried out without active or even passive resistance. The pre-army preparatory program was also pulled without resistance, with the participation of several senior army officers who had been invited especially for this "pull-out."
Many of the residents from the settlement resettled in the new moshav [[Naveh, Israel|Naveh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mkatif.org/Web/En/Katif/PresentSettlement/Nave/Default.aspx |title=Nave |publisher=Katif Center}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Bnei Atzmon}} * [http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=51120136&cdi=0 Aerial photo of Bnei Atzmon] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051119064738/http://www.gushkatif.net/sites/azmon.htm Additional pictures]}}
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