Karmia
{{Short description|Kibbutz in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Karmia
| hebname = כרמיה
| image = קיבוץ כרמיה, מ.א חוף אשקלון.JPG
| foundation = 20 May 1950
| founded_by = French and Tunisian Hashomer Hatzair members
| district = south
| council = Hof Ashkelon
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Karmiyya}}{{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_footnotes=
| pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|31|36|15|N|34|32|33|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
Karmia ({{langx|he|כַּרְמִיָּה}}) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Karmiyya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The kibbutz was established on 20 May 1950 by a Nahal gar'in of Hashomer Hatzair members from France and Tunisia who had been trained in Beit Zera. It was established on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of Hiribya, which had been depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.{{cite book |title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=102}} Its name is derived from the Hebrew for vineyard ({{Langx|he|כרם}}, Kerem), which were common in the area.
In 1972 a blanket factory was established in the kibbutz.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
The kibbutz absorbed 54 families from the Elei Sinai and Nisanit Israeli settlements, which were evacuated as part of the disengagement plan.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/evacuees-first-we-were-expelled-now-were-abandoned|title=Evacuees: First we were expelled, now we're abandoned|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=8 February 2006}} Since 2006 it has been repeatedly hit by Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, including one that landed on its football pitch, and another Qassam rocket that landed inside a house and injured 3 people severely in 2005.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
References
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{{Hof Ashkelon Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Category:1950 establishments in Israel