Barkai

For people with the surname, see Barkai (surname).
Barkai
בַּרְקַאי‎
Etymology: Morning star
Barkai is located in Haifa region of Israel
Barkai
Barkai
Barkai is located in Israel
Barkai
Barkai
Coordinates: 32°28′31″N 35°1′45″E / 32.47528°N 35.02917°E / 32.47528; 35.02917
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
CouncilMenashe
RegionWadi Ara
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded10 May 1949
Founded byRomanian and Polish Jews
Population
 (2021)[1]
546
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 2021, it had a population of 546.[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. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  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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