Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Kerem Shalom

Kerem Shalom is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins and Kerem Shalom border crossing.

Ruins
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Yasser Arafat International Airport was an in the . It was located between and Dahaniya, close to the border. The facility was built as a result of the Oslo Accords and opened on 24 November 1998 as Gaza International Airport.

Border checkpoint
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is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip.

Border checkpoint
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim, Public domain.
The or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than . is situated 3½ km northwest of Kerem Shalom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shokat as-Sufi and Holit.

Village
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is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable . is situated 3½ km north of Kerem Shalom.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Hevel Shalom region of south-west . Located near , the kibbutz is under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 244. is situated 4 km east of Kerem Shalom.

Village
is a moshav in southern . Located in Hevel Shalom, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 843. is situated 4½ km southeast of Kerem Shalom.

Kerem Shalom

Latitude
31.22771° or 31° 13′ 40″ north
Longitude
34.28395° or 34° 17′ 2″ east
Population
183
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL KRM
Open location code
8G3P67HM+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278478498
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294481
Wiki­data ID
Q1026806
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kerem Shalom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كرم أبو سالم”
  • Arabic: “كيرم شالوم”
  • Arabic: “كيرِم شالوم”
  • Arabic: “كيرم شلوم”
  • Arabic: “كيرِم شلوم”
  • Basque: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Belarusian: “Керэм-Шалом”
  • Catalan: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Catalan: “Kérem Xalom”
  • Chinese: “凯里姆沙洛姆”
  • Chinese: “凱里姆沙洛姆”
  • Czech: “Kerem Šalom”
  • Czech: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Dutch: “Kerem Shalom”
  • French: “Kerem Shalom”
  • French: “Poste-frontière de Kerem Shalom”
  • German: “Kerem Schalom”
  • German: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Hebrew: “כרם אבו סלים”
  • Hebrew: “כרם אבשלום”
  • Hebrew: “כרם שלום”
  • Hungarian: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Italian: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Italian: “Valico di Kerem Shalom”
  • Japanese: “ケレム・シャローム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Norwegian: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Persian: “کرام شالوم”
  • Persian: “کرم شالوم”
  • Polish: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Polish: “Kerem Szalom”
  • Portuguese: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Russian: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Russian: “Керем Шалом”
  • Russian: “Керем-Шалом”
  • Russian: “КПП Керем Шалом”
  • Spanish: “Kerem Shalom”
  • Turkish: “Kerem Şalom”
  • Ukrainian: “Керем-Шалом”

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