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Sa'ar

Sa'ar
  • סַעַר (Hebrew)
Etymology: Storm
Sa'ar is located in Northwest Israel
Sa'ar
Sa'ar
Sa'ar is located in Israel
Sa'ar
Sa'ar
Coordinates: 33°1′43″N 35°6′35″E / 33.02861°N 35.10972°E / 33.02861; 35.10972
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMateh Asher
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
FoundedAugust 1948
Founded byHashomer Hatzair and
Holocaust survivors
Population
 (2024)[1]
907

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 2024 it had a population of 907.[1]

History

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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.[2][3][4]

Yiftach 3rd Battalion. Sa'ar. 1948

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.[5]

Economy

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Bermad Innovative Water Management Solutions, jointly owned with Kibbutz Evron, manufactures automatically activated hydraulic valves used in water, fuel and fire extinguishing systems.[6]

Notable people

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. Kibbutz Sa'ar website
  3. Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. 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
  5. Rocket kills American oleh at Kibbutz Sa’ar The Jerusalem Post
  6. Bermad Water Control Solutions looking to float stock[dead link] Haaretz
  7. "Jerry Seinfeld show in Atlantic City". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-04.