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Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk. A kibbutz (Hebrew: קִבּוּץ / קיבוץ, lit. ' gathering, clustering '; pl.: kibbutzim קִבּוּצִים / קיבוצים) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania.
The kibbutz is located near Megiddo Junction, the intersection of highways 65, from Hadera to Afula, and 66, running from Haifa south to the West Bank. The junction is the site of a bus terminal and a high-security prison. The kibbutz was built 600 metres north-east of the site of the depopulated Arab village of Lajjun, now known as Einot Kobi.
Nir Oz was founded on 1 October 1955 as a Nahal settlement.Nir Oz was recognized as a kibbutz two months after its founding. According to a resident named Shlomo Margalit in 2013, there had been a moshav on the site around 1952, "but too many members were killed by the fedayeen or left, so it was dissolved". [2]
In 2006, during the Second Lebanon War, the kibbutz came under attack from Hezbollah forces and suffered heavy shelling and missile fire which damaged the agricultural fields. The kibbutz is located mere metres away from the Lebanese border, and the Hezbollah flag flying in front of homes across the border is a common sight. [11]
Today about 125,000 people – a fraction of Israel’s 9 million-plus population – live on the approximately 250 kibbutzim scattered across the country, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Kibbutz Be'eri was established on 6 October 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev. It was located near Wadi Nahabir, a few kilometres south of Be'erot Yitzhak . Its founders were members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed movement, who had been preparing in Maoz Haim , as well as some Hebrew scouts and a group of Iraqi Jews who had survived the ...
During their surprise attack in Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead, Hamas militants targeted several communal settlements known as kibbutzim near the border with Gaza.
Ein Shemer is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Shomron ... Following World War II kibbutz members took part in the so ... Today the school is a drawing ...