{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Kfar Maimon | hebname = כפר מימון | meaning = Maimon Village | image = PikiWiki Israel 10922 Settlements in Israel.JPG | foundation = 1959 | founded_by = Bnei Akiva members | country = {{ISR}} | district = south | council = Sdot Negev | affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Kefar Maymon}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map = Israel northwest negev#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|31|25|55|N|34|32|11|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Kfar Maimon''' ({{langx|he|כפר מימון||Maimon Village}}) is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kefar Maymon}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The village was established in 1959 with the assistance of Jewish Colonisation Association by a gar'in of Bnei Akiva members and was named after Yehuda Leib Maimon, a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence and the first Minister of Religions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172529/http://eng.negev-net.org.il/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=12649 Kfar Maimon] Negev Information Centre</ref>
In 2005 the village was the site of a non-violent standoff between tens of thousands of protesters against the Gaza disengagement plan, with police encircling the protesters who had started in Netivot to stop them from continuing their march to Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{cite news |last=Myre |first=Greg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/world/africa/israel-moves-ahead-on-gaza-withdrawal.html |title=Israel moves ahead on Gaza withdrawal |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2005 |access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> The mass influx of demonstrators overloaded mobile telephone and other services in the small agricultural village.
"Lycée Thorani" (lit. 'Torah-based High School'), a bilingual (Hebrew and French) high school, is based in the village.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sabag |first=Virginie |date=February 11, 2018 |title=SPECIAL - L'éducation en français/bilingue en Israël jusqu'au BAC |trans-title=SPECIAL: Bilingual/French Education in Israel until the Baccalaureate |url=https://lepetitjournal.com/tel-aviv/education/special-leducation-en-francaisbilingue-en-israel-jusquau-bac-50227 |work=Le Petit Journal |language=fr |access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Sdot Negev Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Religious Israeli communities Category:Populated places established in 1959 Category:Gaza envelope Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1959 establishments in Israel