{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{About||the operation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War|Operation Dekel|the Israeli cosmologist|Avishai Dekel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Dekel | image = File:שדה במושב דקל .jpg | hebname={{Script/Hebrew|דֶּקֶל}} | pushpin_map=Israel northwest negev | pushpin_mapsize= 250 | pushpin_label_position= | coordinates = {{coord|31|11|41|N|34|20|55|E|display=inline,title}} | foundation = April 1982 | founded_by = Jewish Agency for Israel | district = south | council = Eshkol | affiliation = Agricultural Union | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Deqel}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | website = }}
'''Dekel''' ({{langx|he|דֶּקֶל||Palm tree}}), officially '''Dekel-Kfar Shitufi''' ({{langx|he|דקל-כפר שיתופי||Dekel - Co-operative Village}}) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Egypt-Gaza Strip-Israel border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Deqel}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== A Nahal settlement by the name of Dekel was established in the area in 1956, but was abandoned after the Suez Crisis later in the year. A gar'in group by the same name was formed in the Israeli settlement of Yamit in 1979. However, its establishment on the ground was delayed by the Camp David Accords which meant that Israel had to withdraw from Sinai. The moshav was founded in April 1982 by the eponymous Aguda Shitufit (''Co-operative Union'') with the help of the Jewish Agency.
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{{Eshkol Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Agricultural Union Category:Populated places established in 1982 Category:Gaza envelope Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1982 establishments in Israel