Bir Salim
Bir Salim was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Beer Shalom”, “Bir Salam”, “Bīr Sālim”, “Netser”, “Netser Sereni”, “NetserSereni”, and “Neẕer Sereni”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weizmann Institute of Science and Be’er Ya’akov.
Weizmann Institute of Science
University
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The Weizmann Institute of Science was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
Be’er Ya’akov
Railway station
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Be'er Ya'akov railway station is a railway station in the Israeli town of Be'er Ya'akov. The station is located at the southern end of the town, roughly 2 miles east of Ness Ziona and 2.5 miles south east of Rishon LeZion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Netzer Sereni and Sarafand al-Kharab.
Netzer Sereni
Village
Netzer Sereni is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,083.
Sarafand al-Kharab
Neighborhood
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Sarafand al-Kharab was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 50 meters above sea level, 7 kilometers west of Ramla, in the area that is today northeast of Ness Ziona.
Yashresh
Village
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Yashresh is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around three kilometres south of Ramle and covering roughly 500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,061.
Bir Salim
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bir Salim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بئر سالم”
- German: “Bir Salim”
- Hebrew: “חוות שפון”
- Hebrew: “חות שפון”
- Hebrew: “נצר סרני”
- Indonesian: “Bir Salim”
- Urdu: “بئر سالم”
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