Regavim
Regavim
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| Etymology: Clods | |
  Regavim Location within Haifa region of Israel | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′26″N 35°2′4″E / 32.52389°N 35.03444°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Subdistrict | Hadera |
| Council | Menashe |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Founder | Italian and Algerian Habonim Dror members |
| Population (2024)[1] | 671 |
| Website | www.regavim.co.il |
Regavim (Hebrew: רְגָבִים) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Umm al-Fahm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 671.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name Regavim is taken from the Hebrew word 'regev', meaning a very small piece of land or patch of soil, a word used in a Zionist poem about reclaiming the Land of Israel, "dunam by dunam, regev by regev."
History
[edit]The kibbutz group was established in 1947 by immigrants from Italy and North Africa who were members of the Habonim Dror youth movement.[2] They first settled on the land of the depopulated village of al-Butaymat in July 1948,[3] (of which 55 percent of the land was already owned by Jews in 1945[4]), before moving to the land of another depopulated Palestinian village, Qannir, in 1949.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ אודות Regavim
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xx, settlement #15, July, 1948. Moved to the land of Qannir in 1949. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ↑ "Village statistics, April, 1945". The National Library of Israel. Retrieved 29 August 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. 181. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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