Palmachim

31.93388888888934.706333333333Koordinaten: 31 ° 56 'N, 34 ° 42 ' E

Palm Achim (Hebrew פלמחים ) is a kibbutz in Israel, about 12 km south of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean. The kibbutz had about 500 inhabitants in 2004 and 210 members.

Palm Achim was founded on April 11, 1949, so almost a year after the Israeli state was founded (May 14, 1948), of 85 former underground fighters of the Palmach; hence the name Palm Achim was chosen.

Just 4 km south is the airbase Palm Achim. East of the Air Force Base is a rocket launch site of the Israeli army and the Israeli Space Agency. From this area, the Shavit rockets are launched with the Ofeq satellites ( 31 ° 53 '4 " N, 34 ° 40' 49 " O31.88444444444434.680277777778 ).

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