{"id":33,"date":"2023-12-19T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/git\/kkl\/?post_type=community&#038;p=33"},"modified":"2024-02-08T06:49:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:49:14","slug":"nir-oz","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/?community=nir-oz","title":{"rendered":"Nir Oz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kibbutz<\/strong> Nir Oz was founded on 1 October 1955, though according to kibbutz member Shlomo Margalit, there had been a moshav on the site around 1952, \u201cbut too many members were killed by the fedayeen or left, so it was dissolved.\u201d There were only four trees growing at the kibbutz at the time of its founding; it was developed over time into a model for low-water landscaping. The <strong>Hashomer HaTzair<\/strong> Zionist youth movement took over Nir Oz in May 1957, with a founding group of 70 members. At the time of its establishment, its inhabitants lived in barracks and a large tent was erected for a dining room. The development of the land was made possible thanks to the Yarkon-Negev pipeline that provided water for irrigating 200 dunams that were irrigated in the area.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Nir Oz has become a major grower of asparagus for export. The agricultural workers were at one time Gazan but in recent years, workers from Thailand have been employed instead.<\/p>\n<p>The kibbutz was beginning to market itself as an ecotourism destination, as agronomist Ran Pauker co-author of a 2001 book on combating desertification (sometimes described as oasification) provided information about the kibbutz\u2019s \u201cEco Garden\u201d, a botanical garden operating since 1960, with over 900 species of plants adapted to desert conditions.<br \/>\nDue to its proximity to Gaza, Nir Oz farmers often came under Palestinian sniper fire. In 2008 the Israel Defense Forces asked the kibbutz to harvest its potatoes at night to lower the risk of attack. On 5 June 2008 a mortar bomb fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Nirlat paint factory on the kibbutz, killing an employee and wounding four others. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Around 2013 a tunnel from Gaza was found near Nir Oz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kibbutz Nir Oz was founded on 1 October 1955, though according to kibbutz member Shlomo Margalit, there had been a moshav on the site around 1952, \u201cbut too many members were killed by the fedayeen or left, so it was dissolved.\u201d There were only four trees growing at the kibbutz at the time of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}