Kedma (Hebrew: קֵדְמָה) is a youth village in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council.
History
Kedma was founded as a kibbutz as part of the 11 points in the Negev campaign in 1946. It was founded on land traditionally belonging to the Palestinian village of Summil.[2] After 1948, it also started to farm some of the land belonging to Bil’in.[3]
Because of social and economic difficulties the kibbutz was abandoned in 1962. In 1971 a group of American Jewish youths settled on the site in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the community.[4] It was reconstituted as a youth village in 1979.
References
- ^ “Regional Statistics”. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 137, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 91, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ יהודים אמריקאים צעירים מנסים לשקם את קיבוץ קדמה שננטש
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