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![[Regional Council of Yoav (Israel)]](../images/i/il-rcyoa.gif)
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image by Dov Gutterman
Emblem adopted 28th December 1961
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Regional Council Yo'av is situated in the North Negev area and
unites 14 small settlements. It was established in 1952 and has
got 5,100 inh. It is named after the late Yitzhak Dubno
(nicknamed Yo'av), the first commander of Kibutz Negba
in the independence war of 1948. Regional Council Yo'av uses as
an unofficial flag its logo in blue on a white background.
Sources: Regional Council Yo'av brochure, desk flag and
phone call with the Regional Council.
Dov Gutterman, 18 August 2001
The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot),
YP 898, 28 December 1961.
Dov Gutterman, 4 September 2001
Today I visited Regional Council Yo'av (situated near Re'em
Junction - Rds. 3 and 40) - flag as reported (bluu on White) but
without inscription.
Dov Gutterman, 24 January 2004
This Regional Council govern 14 settlements: Bet Govrin, El
Ozi, Bet Nir, Gal'on, Gat, Veradon, Kefar HaRif, Kefar Mena'hem,
Negba, Na'hala, Segula, Kedma, Revadim and Sde Yo'av.
Flag: Dark blue emblem on white can be seen in photos at <www.yoav.org.il>., one of
them in front of Metzudat Yo'av (Yo'av Fort), the former
Iraq-Su'widan police fort - a scene for one of the more
bitter battles of the Independence war, and a national monument
nowadays.
Homepage in English at <www.yoav.org.il/english.htm>.
Dov Gutterman, 21 April 2005
