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The Bnei Shimon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית בני שמעון), is a regional council in the northern Negev in the south of Israel. Most of its territory lies north of Beersheba and the rest bounds Beersheba on the west and east sides as well. The eastern border of this territory straddles the Green Line. Hebrew redirects here. ... The Israeli Ministry of Interior recognizes three types of local government in Israel: cities, regional councils, and local councils. ... Ruins in the Negev desert The Negev (Hebrew נֶגֶב;, Tiberian Hebrew Néḡeḇ; Arabic النقب an-Naqab) is the desert region of southern Israel. ... Soroka Hospital, Beersheba Beersheba or Beer-sheva (Hebrew: (help· info), Standard Hebrew Bəʼer ŠévaÊ», Tiberian Hebrew Bəʼer ŠéḇaÊ» or בְּאֶר שָׁבַע Bəʼer ŠāḇaÊ»; Arabic بِئْرْ اَلْسَبْعْ (help· info)) is a city in Israel. ... The term Green Line is often used to refer to the 1949 Armistice lines established between Israel and its opponents (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt) at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ...

There are 13 communities including seven kibbutzim, four moshavim, and two new rural towns. Four of the communities (three kibbutzim and one moshav) were established in the founding of the 'eleven points in the Negev' in 1946. The rest of the kibbutzim and moshavim were set up after the establishment of the State of Israel. A kibbutz קיבוץ (Hebrew, pl. ... Moshav (Hebrew: מושב Translit. ...

Settlements within the jurisdiction of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council

Kibbutzim Beit Kama Dvir Hatzerim (1946) Kramim Lahav Mishmar Hanegev (1946) Shoval (1946)

B.S. emblem Moshavim Brosh Nevatim (1946) Taashur Tidhar

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Towns

• Gvaot Bar
• Shomria - former kibbutz that is being modified for settlement of former Gush Katif refugees.

Gush Katif Gush Katif (also Gush Katiff, Hebrew: גוש קטיף, English: Harvest Belt) was a bloc of 16 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza Strip. ...

Institutions

The following institutions operate within the boundaries of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council:

• Nitzanei Hanegev Regional Elementary School, located at Kibbutz Beit Kama
• Mevo'ot elementary school
• Adanim Youth Village, provides a rural psychiatric therapeutical treatment environment
• Dudaim waste treatment centre, located on Route 25 near the Hanasi Junction
• Dudaim Environmental Protection Visitors Centre
• Joe Alon Centre, Bedouin cultural museum

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Sewage treatment is the process that removes the majority of the contaminants from waste-water or sewage and produces both a liquid effluent suitable for disposal to the natural environment and a sludge. ... Bedouin resting at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic , a generic name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Arab nomadic pastoralist groups, who are found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert, Sinai, and... The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ...

External links

• Official website
• territory map