Barkai
Barkai
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| Etymology: Morning star | |
  Barkai Location within Haifa region of Israel  Barkai Location within Israel | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′31″N 35°1′45″E / 32.47528°N 35.02917°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Subdistrict | Hadera |
| Council | Menashe |
| Region | Wadi Ara |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 10 May 1949 |
| Founder | Romanian and Polish Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 566 |
| Website | www |
Barkai (Hebrew: בַּרְקַאי, lit. 'morning star') is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. In 2024, it had a population of 566.[1]
History
[edit]Kibbutz Barkai was founded on 10 May 1949 on land near 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
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ↑ After sea of plastic found in Caribbean, one Israeli firm is off to the rescue, The Jerusalem Post
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Polyon
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