Regavim
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Regavim
| hebname = {{langx|he|רְגָבִים}}
| meaning = Clods
| image = Regavim - gardens in the Kibbutz.jpg
| caption =
| foundation = 1947
| founded_by = Italian and Algerian Habonim Dror members
| district = haifa
| council = Menashe
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Regavim}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel haifa |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom
|coordinates = {{coord|32|31|26|N|35|2|4|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.regavim.co.il www.regavim.co.il]
}}
Regavim ({{langx|he|רְגָבִים}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Umm al-Fahm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Regavim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
The name Regavim is taken from the Hebrew word 'regev', meaning a very small piece of land or patch of soil, a word used in a Zionist poem about reclaiming the Land of Israel, "dunam by dunam, regev by regev."
History
The kibbutz group was established in 1947 by immigrants from Italy and North Africa who were members of the Habonim Dror youth movement.[https://www.regavim.co.il/ViewPage.asp?pagesCatID=7817&siteName=regavim אודות] Regavim They first settled on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Butaymat in July 1948,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |authorlink=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR20 xx], settlement #15, July, 1948. Moved to the land of Qannir in 1949}} before moving to the land of another depopulated Palestinian village, Qannir, in 1949.{{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|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=181}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Regavim}}
- [http://www.regavim.co.il/mainsite.asp?sitename=regavim Kibbutz website]
{{Menashe Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1947