page_title: Tze'elim
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tze'elim / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Tze’elim, November 1947
context_page_description: Tze'elim is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 464. A military training base of the ground forces of the IDF is located nearby.
context_section_description: The kibbutz was founded in January 1947 by gar'in from Jewish youth movements in Eastern Europe and North Africa, and was named for the abundant acacia trees in the area, which were mistakenly identified as the biblical Tze'elim trees. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the kibbutz was used as a military base.
caption: Tze’elim, November 1947
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