Barkai

Barkai
  • בַּרְקַאי (Hebrew)
Etymology: Morning star
Location within Haifa region of Israel
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 32°28′31″N 35°1′45″E / 32.47528°N 35.02917°E / 32.47528; 35.02917
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
SubdistrictHadera
CouncilMenashe
RegionWadi Ara
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded10 May 1949
FounderRomanian and Polish Jews
Population
 (2024)
566
Websitewww.barkai.org.il

Barkai (Hebrew: בַּרְקַאי, lit. 'morning star') is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. In 2024, it had a population of 566.

History

Kibbutz Barkai was founded on 10 May 1949 on land near the depopulated Palestinian village of Wadi Ara.

Economic branches include thermal and acoustic insulation, lamination and packaging: the Polyon Barkai factory; and agriculture: cattle, poultry, avocado and field crops.

Infimer Technologies manufactures a recycled composite polymer that serves as raw material for plastic manufacturers. Combined with virgin plastic, it is used to make chairs, tables, crates, plumbing pipes and toolboxes.

Panorama

Panorama of the kibbutz

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 202. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ↑ After sea of plastic found in Caribbean, one Israeli firm is off to the rescue, The Jerusalem Post