Etzion
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Etzion (Hebrew: עציון, lit. of the tree), also spelled Ezion, can refer to several places and topics relating to modern and ancient Israel:
- Ezion-Geber, a biblical Idumaean and Israelite port on the Red Sea
- Kfar Etzion, a kibbutz established in the early 20th century south of Jerusalem
- Gush Etzion, an eponymous bloc surrounding the kibbutz
- Gush Etzion Regional Council, a modern local government in that area
- Kfar Etzion massacre, a Jordanian massacre of kibbutz members
- Nir Etzion, a moshav established by survivors of the massacre
- Har Etzion, a yeshiva founded during the bloc's reestablishment
- Etzion Airbase, a former Israeli AFB in the Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea

