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Sa'ar 5-class Corvettes
Sa'ar () 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 reviving the land of the village mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, Bible by its ancient name Achziv, Achzib, evidence of human settlement at the site dates back to the 18th century BCE. 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. Economy Bermad Innovative Water Management Solutions, jointly owned with Evron, Israel, Kibbutz Evron, manufactures automatically activated hydraulic valves used in water, fuel and fire extinguishing systems. Notable people * Jerry Seinfeld, worked as a volunteer at the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair (, , 'The Young Guard') is a Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary. It was also the name of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party, the group's political party in the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine. Hashomer Hatzair, along with HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed of Israel, is a member of the International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International. Early formation Hashomer Hatzair came into being as a result of the merger of two groups, ''Hashomer'' ('The Guard'), a Zionist scouting group, and ''Tze'irei Zion, Ze'irei Zion'' ('The Youth of Zion'), which was an ideological circle that studied Zionism, socialism and Jewish history. Hashomer Hatzair is the oldest Zionist youth movement still in existence. Initially Marxist-Zionist, the movement was influenced by the ideas of Ber Borochov and Gustav Wyneken as well as Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Baden- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |