Timorim Colony

Timorim is a community moshav located in central occupied Palestine, situated on the coastal plain about one kilometer south of Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi. The moshav also functions as a communal settlement for its non-member residents. It was founded in 1948 by a group of young people from South Africa, Romania, and Egypt affiliated with the Zionist youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni as a kibbutz on the Shomron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the Timrat communal settlement. The name “Timorim” refers to an inscription shaped like a palm tree found in the Temple. It was established on lands belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Tal Al-Turmus. In 1953, it was reorganized as a community moshav, becoming one of the earliest settlements of its kind in the country. In 1954, the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at the original site. In 2005, Timorim’s income was primarily derived from industry (74%), with 15% from agriculture and 11% from external work by its members and other sources. Timorim has two industries: “Tomer Plastics,” manufacturing plastic furniture for institutional markets (established 1961–1975), and “Tomer 2000,” producing metal pipes (established 1978). Agricultural activities include cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. The dairy herd, consisting of 450 heads, is jointly managed with Kibbutz Holada. As of 2022, the settlement’s population was 756 settlers. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Hebrew sources were used: the settlement’s Hebrew website / the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The village of Tal Al-Turmus from the Palestine Remembered website.