{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Timorim | image = Timorim Aerial View.jpg | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|תימורים}} | foundation = 1948 (original location)<br>1954 (current location) | founded_by = HaNoar HaTzioni members | district = south | council = Be'er Tuvia | affiliation = HaOved HaTzioni | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Timmorim}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250 | coordinates = {{coord|31|42|55|N|34|45|36|E|display=inline,title}} | website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040928145901/http://www.timorim.org/ www.timorim.org]}} }}
'''Timorim''' ({{langx|he|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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Timmorim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
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.<ref>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}}</ref> It was built on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Tall al-Turmus.<ref>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=138}}</ref> 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.<ref name=mapa>{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 | pages = 555 |editor=Yuval Elʻazari | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | year = 2005 |language=he}}</ref>
==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.<ref>Timorim audited financial statements for 2003-2005.</ref> 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== *Assaf Lowengart (born 1998), baseball player on Team Israel *Michael Harris (born 1956), public policy scholar and universities executive<ref>Hasade, vol. 16, booklet 12, September 1987.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080523184513/http://www.timorim.org/ Official website]}} {{in lang|he}}
{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Moshavim Category:Former kibbutzim Category:Populated places established in 1948 Category:Populated places established in 1954 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1948 establishments in Israel Category:1954 establishments in Israel Category:Egyptian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:South African-Jewish culture in Israel