For people with the surname, see Barkai (surname).
Barkai בַּרְקַאי | |
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)  Barkai ) Barkai | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°01′E / 32.467°N 35.017°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Menashe |
| Region | Wadi Ara |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 10 May 1949 |
| Founded by | Romanian and Polish Jews |
| Population (2019)[1] | 553 |
| Name meaning | Morning star |
| Website | www |
Barkai (Hebrew: בַּרְקַאי, lit. 'morning star') is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. In 2019, it had a population of 553.[1]
History
Kibbutz Barkai was founded on 10 May 1949 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Wadi Ara.[2][3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- ^ After sea of plastic found in Caribbean, one Israeli firm is off to the rescue, The Jerusalem Post
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Polyon