Or HaNer

Or HaNer is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev [Regional Council]. In it had a population of.

Etymology

Its name is taken from the Sanhedrin tractate of the Babylonian Talmud.

History

Or HaNer was established between 1955 and 1957 as a farm run by the Yitzur u-Pitu'ah company. The founders were from the gar'in of the Gordoniya, Dror and HeHalutz movements, most of whom were immigrants from Argentina and Chile. Many of them originally came from the kibbutz Giv'ot Zaid. It was founded on the land that had belonged to the depopulated during the [Arab-Israeli">List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict">depopulated during the [Arab-Israeli conflict|depopulated] Palestinian village of Najd, northeast of the Najd village site.
A burial cave dating from the 4th century CE was found here along with a Greek funerary inscription.
In 2016 U.S. Under [Secretary of State for Political Affairs] Thomas A. [Shannon Jr.] visited the kibbutz and received a tour of the kibbutz's Ornit factory, which manufactures blind rivets.