Be'er Ora
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| hebrew : | בְּאֵר אוֹרָה | ||
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| District : | south | ||
| Founded : | 2001 | ||
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 43 ' N , 34 ° 59' E | ||
| Height : | 183 m | ||
| Residents : | 965 (as of 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 0021 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Be'er Ora ( Hebrew בְּאֵר אוֹרָה Bə'er Ōrah , Well of Light ) is a community 19 kilometers north of Eilat in southern Israel . In the Arava region, it is west of Highway 90 , north of Kibbutz Eilot and south of Elifaz and Timna Park . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In 2018 Be'er Ora had 965 inhabitants.
history
Before Be'er Oras, whose name is made up of “Brunnen” and the neighboring mountain and stream “Ora”, was the first source of fresh water to be supplied to Eilat, before it was connected to the national water network. The Ministry of Agriculture founded the well in 1949 (בְּאֵר Bə'er ) in the Aravah a farm for the research and development of agriculture in arid climates. On a website of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev it can be read that the “climatic conditions in Be'er-Ora [..] are among the most difficult in Israel, especially in summer: the daily maximum temperatures are on average almost 40 ° C, the relative humidity drops to 20-25% at noon. The sun's intensity on a horizontal surface in Be'er-Ora is close to 1 kW / m² in midsummer, which is one of the highest intensities in the world. "
The Israel Defense Forces established the first Gadna training camp in Be'er Ora in 1950 . This Gadna camp was in operation until the early 1990s. In David Grossman's novel A Horse Comes to the Bar , the Gadna Camp Be'er Ora plays a central role - looking back at the mid-1950s.
On March 18, 1968, an Israeli school bus was blown up by a mine in a Fatah attack near Be'er Ora. Two adults were killed and ten children were injured.
In cooperation with the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a new JNF-GADNA youth village was to be built on its premises , for which the Ben-Gurion University had plans .
“The program for the camp provides for the accommodation of 400 young people and 100 employees. The youths are expected to spend about a week in the camp where the GADNA trainees undergo pre-military training, and the JNF trainees - from Israel and abroad - are introduced to the advances and successes of Israeli desert development. The camp will consist of 15 to 20 buildings, including student dormitories, a dining room and separate cafeteria, a meeting hall and synagogue, an administration building, a medical clinic, staff accommodation, training and sports areas and a swimming pool. The design of the warehouse, from the design to the design of the individual buildings, thermal comfort should be achieved with the least amount of energy. To this end, buildings will rely on passive energy for winter heating and natural cooling methods in summer. The design of the connected outdoor areas and pedestrian paths aims to improve the thermal conditions there too. "
It cannot be determined whether these plans were implemented and whether they were related to the demolition work in 2011, during which historic camp buildings - with the exception of the bunker, the swimming pool and the well - fell victim to an asbestos removal project.
In 2001 the new Be'er Ora was built as a housing estate next to the abandoned camp. They are supposed to revive the Arava and bring more people from central Israel to the Negev .
On December 4, 2014, one of the worst environmental disasters in Israeli history occurred near Be'er Ora. During the maintenance, the Trans-Israel oil pipeline was damaged and 600,000 gallons of crude oil spilled, causing respiratory illness in local residents, contaminating the environment and threatening wildlife.
aviation
In 2004 the government decided to move Eilat Airport to an open area near Be'er Ora. This decision was made because Eilat Airport was very close to residential and commercial areas. The new Ramon Airport officially opened on January 21, 2019; it is “the best secured airport in the country. The highest fence in the world (six meters) against anti-tank shells, highly developed security cameras and radar equipment are supposed to ensure that nothing is left to chance at Ramon Airport. The fence will measure 34 kilometers. ”The new airport is also of great strategic importance:
“The airport also offers an alternative in possible times of crisis: It was built in such a way that it is possible to pick up any aircraft diverted from Ben Gurion - a lesson from the Gaza war in 2014. At that time, the air traffic of foreign providers was out of fear of Palestinian missiles temporarily discontinued. Israel also fears an attack by the Lebanese Hezbollah on the "Ben Gurion" airport. "
literature
- David Grossmann: A horse comes into the bar , Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25050-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Plans being drawn up for Eilat: A new airport at Be'er Ora. In: Haaretz . January 13, 2002.
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Ben Gurion University: Beer-Ora Youth Village
- ↑ Original quote: "The climatic conditions in Be'er-Ora are amongst the hardest in Israel, particularly in the summer: daily maximum temperatures average close to 40 ° C, relative humidity drops to 20-25% in mid day. Solar intensity on a horizontal surface in Be'er-Ora in mid summer days is close to 1kw / m², which is one of the highest intensities in the world. "
- ↑ Encyclopedia.com: BE'ER ORAH
- ↑ a b Yanir Yagna: State Agency Razes Historic Buildings. Employees of the Israel Lands Administration tasked with removing asbestos from the historic Gadna paramilitary base at Be'er Ora destroy buildings slated for preservation. , Haaretz, September 16, 2011
- ↑ See: Gadna - a literary criticism
- ↑ Amir Oren: Debacle in the desert. A new book and declassified documents reveal details about one of the darkest chapters in Israel's military history: the Battle of Karameh, which took place east of the Jordan River in 1968. , Haaretz, May 13, 2011
- ^ "The program for the camp calls for accommodating 400 youngsters and 100 staff members. Youngsters are expected to spend about a week in the camp, during which the GADNA trainees will engage in some pre-military training, and the JNF trainees - from Israel and abroad - will be introduced to advancements and achievements in Israeli desert development. The camp will consist of 15 to 20 buildings, among them the dormitories for the trainees, a dining room and a separate cafeteria, an assembly hall and a synagogue, administration building, medical clinic, staff accommodation, training and sports areas and a swimming pool . The design of the camp, from its layout through the design of the individual buildings, is aimed at achieving thermal comfort with the lowest energy input. Toward this end, buildings will rely on passive energy for winter heating and natural methods for cooling in summer. The design of the attached outdoor spaces and pedestrian walking routes is aimed at providing improved thermal conditions there as well. "
- ↑ Illustrations for this project can be found on the website Linenberg Rozen Architects: Beer Ora
- ↑ At least that's what the pictures on WIKIMEDIA-Commons suggest, which show views of the settlements from 2007/2008.
- ^ Jewish Virtual Library: Israel Environment and Nature: Eilat Oil Spill
- ^ Israel News from the Jewish General, April 13, 2020
- ↑ Israel opens new airport in Eilat , Deutsche Welle, January 21, 2019