Neve Mivtah

Neve Mivtah
Founded	1950
Founded by	Polish immigrants
Council	Be'er Tuvia
Region	Southern coastal plain
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Coordinates	31°48′19.08″N 34°44′27.6″E / 31.8053°N 34.741°E / 31.8053; 34.741Coordinates: 31°48′19.08″N 34°44′27.6″E / 31.8053°N 34.741°E / 31.8053; 34.741
Neve Mivtah

Neve Mivtah (Hebrew: נְוֵה מִבְטַח‎‎, lit. Safe Haven) is a small moshav in the north end of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, south near Bnei Ayish and Gedera. It borders Moshav Bitzaron to the south, the agricultural school Kannot to the east, Moshav Misgav Dov to the north, and Kvutzat Yavne to the west.

The Moshav was founded in 1950 on some of the lands of the Arab village Bashit,^[1] and nowadays is inhabited by about 120 families.

History

At first, this settlement was a temporary ma'abara to 60 immigrant families of Holocaust survivors from Poland,^[1] as an expansion to the older moshav Bitzaron. Its residents were housed in tin dwellings, supplied by the Jewish Agency for Israel. Since it was not an independent Moshav, the future residents had to redeem the food coupons, supplied by the Agency, at Bitzaron centre. The residents of Bitzaron were given favour as to the food supply, and thus many times had the inhabitants of the ma'abara to return empty-handed. They have decided to cut themselves off from Bitzaron, and on 1950, only a short while after placing the ma'abara, Neve Mivtah was founded.

Name

The Moshav is surrounded by military bases, such as Hatzor Airbase and Tel Nof Airbase. Because of this, a feeling of security was over the founders, and the Moshav was given its name. The inspiration for the name came from the Book of Psalms:

"Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust"

(Psalm 40:4, Authorised Version)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. pp. p. 361. ISBN 9657184347.  (Hebrew)