Or HaNer


Or HaNer is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it fall under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of.

Etymology

Its name is taken from the Sanhedrin tractate of the Babylonian Talmud.

History

Or HaNer was established in 1955–57 as a farm belonging to the Yitzur UFitu'ah company. The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Chile. Many of them originally came from the kibbutz Giv'ot Zaid.
The kibbutz was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Najd, northeast of the Najd village site.
visits the kibbutz
In 2016, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas A. Shannon Jr. visited the kibbutz and received a tour of the kibbutz factory, Ornit. Ornit, established in 1975, manufactures blind rivets.