# Kfar Maimon

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{{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](/source/Bnei_Akiva) members
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = south
| council = [Sdot Negev](/source/Sdot_Negev_Regional_Council)
| affiliation = [Hapoel HaMizrachi](/source/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](/source/moshav) in southern [Israel](/source/Israel). Located near [Netivot](/source/Netivot) and covering 5,000 [dunam](/source/dunam)s, it falls under the jurisdiction of [Sdot Negev Regional Council](/source/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](/source/Jewish_Colonisation_Association) by a [gar'in](/source/gar'in) of [Bnei Akiva](/source/Bnei_Akiva) members and was named after [Yehuda Leib Maimon](/source/Yehuda_Leib_Maimon), a signatory of the [Israeli declaration of independence](/source/Declaration_of_Independence_(Israel)) and the first [Minister of Religions](/source/Religions_Minister_of_Israel).<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](/source/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza), with police encircling the protesters who had started in [Netivot](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Le_Petit_Journal_(website)) |language=fr |access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sdot Negev Regional Council}}
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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

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