The Nitzanim Sand Dune Nature Reserve is a 21,600 dunam area within the Nitzanim Sands [he] area between Ashdod and Ashkelon on the Southern Coastal Plain of the Israeli Mediterranean Sea coast.[1][2][3][4]
It was declared as a public area in early 1980s by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and designated as a nature reserve on June 2, 2005.[1]
The Reserve includes a small settlement of Nitzan located in place of the Nitzanim kibbutz, which was resettled some 3-4 km to the south.
The reserve is split in two parts by the Nahal Evtah (Evtach, Avtah) (Hebrew: נחל אבטח) wadi (Wadi el Ibtah) which leads to the Nitzanim Beach by the sea. The beach is a public area not part of the Reserve. The area south of the stream is designated for the IDF recruit training base Batar Nitzanim [he] (Camp Yehoshua)[5] and is closed to public. The northern part is open to public all year round free of charge.[2]
In 2005, during the Israeli disengagement from Gaza there was a controversial plan to resettle some Israeli settlers from Gaza Strip to the Nitzanim Dunes area. [6]
^ ab"Nitzanim Nature Reserve"
^ ab"Nitzanim Sands Reserve", Ashdod Travellers Guide at the Ashdod municipal website
^"Nitzanim Dunes: Wealth of Flora Endangered by Construction", Haaretz, April 5, 2005
^P. Kutiel, "Conservation and Management of the Mediterranean Coastal Sand Dunes in Israel", Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2001), pp. 183-192, JSTOR 25098365
^"Batar Nitzanim (Camp Yehoshua)"
^(BBC) (Haaretz)
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