Nahshon | |
Foundation: | 1950 |
Founded By: | Hashomer Hatzair members |
District: | jerusalem |
Council: | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation: | Kibbutz Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 31.8303°N 34.9553°W |
Website: | www.nachshon.org.il |
Nahshon (Hebrew: נַחְשׁוֹן) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley to the south-west of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was established in 1950 by immigrant members of Hashomer Hatzair. It was named after Operation Nachshon,[1] which opened up the Jerusalem road during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
After the Six-Day War in 1967, some 80 Egyptian soldiers were buried in a mass-grave in fields tended by kibbutz Nahshon. The field was later turned into a tourist attraction, called "Mini Israel".[2]
In July 2023 the Kibbutz was the site of a “festival of democracy”, the destination for a protest march that started in Tel Aviv and ended in nearby Jerusalem.[3] [4]