Ein HaMifratz

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Ein HaMifratz
עֵין הַמִּפְרָץ‎
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Ein HaMifratz is located in Northwest Israel
Ein HaMifratz
Ein HaMifratz
Coordinates: 32°54′9.35″N 35°5′46.67″E / 32.9025972°N 35.0962972°E / 32.9025972; 35.0962972Coordinates: 32°54′9.35″N 35°5′46.67″E / 32.9025972°N 35.0962972°E / 32.9025972; 35.0962972
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMateh Asher
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded25 August 1938
Founded byPolish immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,249

Ein HaMifratz (Hebrew: עֵין הַמִּפְרָץ‎, lit. Bayview) is a kibbutz near Acre in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2019 it had a population of 1,249.[1]

History[]

Kibbutz Ein HaMifratz was established in August 1938 by Polish immigrants as part of the tower and stockade settlement enterprise, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt.[2]

According to the Jewish National Fund, upon its founding, Ein HaMifratz was immediately attacked by "Arab gangs".[2] The initial problems facing the settlers were the saltwater swamps and the shifting sands at the mouth of the Na'aman River. The settler originally did mixed farming and fish breeding.[2] By 1947 the kibbutz had a population of 400.[2]

Until the capture of Acre, Ein Hamifratz was a frontline settlement. The settlers were involved in the conquest of the Galilee in November 1948.[2]

Economy[]

Major industries are Yamaton Ltd., a honeycomb paper factory operated jointly with Kibbutz Ga'aton,[3] and IMA, a corrugated cardboard manufacturing company.[4] Ein Hamifratz also operates a fish farm and a shopping mall.

  • Ein HaMifratz 1935

  • Ein HaMifratz under construction, 1938

  • Ein HaMifratz mosquitoes 1938

  • Ein HaMifratz 1939

  • Ein HaMifratz drainage canal 1939

  • Ein HaMifratz 1940

Notable residents[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. pp. 35–36.
  3. ^ Yamaton Honeycomb Products
  4. ^ Between Market, State, and Kibbutz: The Management and Transformation of Socialist Industry, Christopher Warhurst
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