Nir Etzion


Nir Etzion is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, at the foot of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History

The village was established in 1950 as a kibbutz by refugees from Kfar Etzion and Be'erot Yitzhak as well as Holocaust survivors and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot on land that had belonged to the newly depopulated Palestinian village Ayn Hawd. It was affiliated with Hapoel HaMizrachi.
In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.