Avshalom,_Sinai

Avshalom, Sinai

Avshalom, Sinai

Former Israeli settlement in Sinai, Egypt

Avshalom (Hebrew: אבשלום) was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.

History

The settlement was founded in 1972.[1] It was initially named Merkaz Sadot ("Sadot Center") and later Yad On ("Hand of Strength"). In 1979 it was renamed in honour of Avshalom Feinberg, a leader of the Nili espionage network who had died in Sinai during World War I. Avshalom was dismantled three years later as a result of the Camp David Accords. In 1990 a new community settlement by the same name was founded in Israel.

References

  1. [1]
    "A Survey of Israeli Settlements" MERIP Reports, number 60, pp13–20

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