| Hebname | סַעַר |
|---|---|
| Meaning | Storm |
| Foundation | August 1948 |
| Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair and Holocaust survivors |
| District | north |
| Council | Mateh Asher |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Coordinates | 33°1′43″N 35°6′35″E |
Sa'ar (Hebrew: סַעַר, lit. 'Storm') is a kibbutz in the western Galilee in Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The kibbutz was founded in August 1948 by members of the Socialist-Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair and Holocaust survivors on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Az-Zeeb, south of the village site.[1][2][3]
In August 2006, many of the kibbutz residents fled in the wake of Hezbollah rocket fire of up to 60 rockets a day. Kibbutz member David Lelchook was killed by shrapnel from a missile that hit the front yard of his home.[4]
Economy
Bermad Innovative Water Management Solutions, jointly owned with Kibbutz Evron, manufactures automatically activated hydraulic valves used in water, fuel and fire extinguishing systems.[5]
Notable people
- Jerry Seinfeld, worked as a volunteer at the age of 16 at this kibbutz[6]
References
- ^ Kibbutz Sa'ar website
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 37, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Rocket kills American oleh at Kibbutz Sa’ar The Jerusalem Post
- ^ Bermad Water Control Solutions looking to float stock[dead link] Haaretz
- ^ "Jerry Seinfeld show in Atlantic City". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-04.