Timorim


Timorim is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain around a kilometer south of the Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of.
The village also functions as a community settlement for its community of non-members

History

It was established in 1948 by a gar'in of youth from South Africa, Romania and Egypt from the youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni as a kibbutz on Shimron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the community settlement of Timrat. It was named after a carving in the shape of a palm in the temple: 1 Kings 6:29.
It was built on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Tall al-Turmus.
In 1953 it was reorganized as a moshav shitufi, one of the first in the country. In 1954 the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at its original site.

Economy

Timorim's income in 2005 derived mainly from industry, with additional 15% from agriculture and 11% from outside work of Timorim members and other sources. Timorim has two industries: "Tomer Plastics" manufacturing plastic furniture for the institutional market and "Tomer 2000" manufacturing metal pipes. Agriculture includes cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. A dairy herd of 450 head is managed jointly with Kibbutz Hulda.