Barkai

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Barkai
בַּרְקַאי‎
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Barkai is located in Haifa region of Israel
Barkai
Barkai
Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°01′E / 32.467°N 35.017°E / 32.467; 35.017Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°01′E / 32.467°N 35.017°E / 32.467; 35.017
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
CouncilMenashe
RegionWadi Ara
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded10 May 1949
Founded byRomanian and Polish Jews
Population
 (2019)[1]
553
Name meaningMorning star
Websitewww.barkai.org.il

Barkai (Hebrew: בַּרְקַאי‎, lit. 'morning star') is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. In 2019, it had a population of 553.[1]

History[]

Kibbutz Barkai was founded on 10 May 1949 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Wadi Ara.[2][3]

Economic branches include thermal and acoustic insulation, lamination and packaging: the Polyon Barkai factory; and agriculture: cattle, poultry, avocado and field crops.

Infimer Technologies manufactures a recycled composite polymer that serves as raw material for plastic manufacturers. Combined with virgin plastic, it is used to make chairs, tables, crates, plumbing pipes and toolboxes.[4]

Panorama[]

Panorama of the kibbutz

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 202. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ^ After sea of plastic found in Caribbean, one Israeli firm is off to the rescue, The Jerusalem Post

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