Amikam ( he, עַמִּיקָם) is a

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 ...

in northern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Alona Regional Council Alona Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית אלונה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Alona'') is a regional council in northern Israel. It is part of Haifa District and covers three moshavim, Amikam, Aviel and Givat Nili. The council's headquarters ...

, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In it had a population of . West of the moshav is the Alona Park.

History

The moshav was established in 1950 by

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

refugees from

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and

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, who had fled the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on main ...

. The land had belonged to the depopulated

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

village of

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. The founders were later joined by Jews from the

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concentration camps, and followed by

Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, th ...

. In 1956, a group of Polish Jewish immigrants settled on the moshav. Some of the families engage in fruit farming, raising peaches, plums, nectarines and

loquats The loquat (''Eriobotrya japonica'') is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant. The loquat is in the family R ...

. Children attend the local Tali Alona elementary school.

Agriculture

A rare variety of peach was grown on Moshav Amikam and named for the moshav. Pits from this variety were found on

Masada Masada ( he, מְצָדָה ', "fortress") is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the D ...

. Now the one remaining tree is in Kfar Kara.

Notable residents

Yoav Galant Yoav Galant (; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Defense since 2022. He is a former commander of the Southern Command in the Israel Defense Forces. In January 2015, he entered politics, joining t ...

(born 1958), Israeli Minister of Defense and former army general

References

External links

Weekend Walk: Moshav Amikam
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Mey Kedem
archaeological site centered on a Roman water tunnel {{Authority control Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Haifa District Chinese diaspora in Israel Chinese-Jewish diaspora Cypriot diaspora Polish-Jewish culture in Israel Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1950 establishments in Israel