This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Avshalom (Hebrew: אבשלום) was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.
The settlement was founded in 1972.
[1] It was initially named Merkaz Sadot ("Sadot Center") and later Yad On ("Hand of Strength").
In 1979 it was renamed in honour of Avshalom Feinberg, a leader of the Nili espionage network who had died in Sinai during World War I. Avshalom was dismantled three years later as a result of the Camp David Accords.
In 1990 a new community settlement by the same name was founded in Israel.