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Local Council Yeroham is situated in the Negev, 32 km SE of Be'er Sheva and south of Dimona. Est. 1951 with 9,000 inh. The
best information I could get is that the flag is a monochrome
field with emblem, so blue on yellow based on the emblem's
original colours could be wishful thinking only. The municipal
emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot),
'Publications Gazette' section (Yalkut HaPirsumim), YP
1470, 29 August 1968.
Dov Gutterman, 11 November 2001
In my visit, I found out that the flag is yellow and charged
with emblem in natural colors.
Dov Gutterman, 20 June 2003
Named after an ancient town whose name was kept in the Arabic
names: Tel Rahma and Bir Rahma (according the a
legend, it is the spring from which Hagar gave water to her son
Ishma'el). Established in 1951 as a transitional residency named
"Kefar Yeroham", became Local Council in 1959 and
changed its name in 1962.
Its position was decided to be near HaMakhtesh HaGadol (The
Big Crater) in order that the population will find work at the
nearby phosphates mines. However, lack of employment. its
position in the desert on a remote side road and far from any
major city, stopped any possibility of any boost to this 8,700
inh. (2003) town.
Sources: <www.yeruham.co.il>,
<www.boker.org.il>,
<lib.cet.ac.il>.
Dov Gutterman, 21 April 2005
In a photo at wikipedia,
a light blue flag with blue emblem can be seen
on the city hall. There is no date, so we can't establish if the
blue variant was before, after or side by side with the yellow
flag that I saw there.
Dov Gutterman, 25 June 2007
In 1984, Yeroham mayor, Barukh Almekayes, announced about the
formation of the State of Yeroham, blocked all roads to the town
and approached international bodies for recognition as
independent state. This was done as protest against the
government policy concerning the town and the Negev, the high
rate of unemployment in the town and its isolation. This state
last for few weeks before vanished from the headlines.
During the early 1990' , Almekayes was removed from office by the
Minister of the Interior and lost the 1993 elections, just to be
re-elected in 2003 and to be removed again by MOTI in 2005.
There was no special flag reported for the state so the Local
Council flag was probably used.
Dov Gutterman, 27 July 2007