Sa'ar
title: "Sa'ar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kibbutzim", "kibbutz-movement", "mateh-asher-regional-council", "populated-places-established-in-1948", "populated-places-in-northern-district-(israel)", "1948-establishments-in-israel"] topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'ar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kibbutz"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sa'ar |
| hebname | |
| image | PikiWiki Israel 3601 Geography of Israel.JPG |
| meaning | Storm |
| foundation | August 1948 |
| founded_by | Hashomer Hatzair and |
| Holocaust survivors | |
| country | |
| district | north |
| council | Mateh Asher |
| affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel northwest#Israel |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the Israeli kibbutz ::
| name = Sa'ar | hebname = | image = PikiWiki Israel 3601 Geography of Israel.JPG | meaning = Storm | foundation = August 1948 | founded_by = Hashomer Hatzair and Holocaust survivors | country = | district = north | council = Mateh Asher | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map=Israel northwest#Israel | pushpin_mapsize= 250 | pushpin_label_position= right | coordinates = | website =
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 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Az-Zeeb, south of the village site. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Sa'ar.jpg" caption="Yiftach 3rd Battalion. Sa'ar. 1948"] ::
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 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 of 16 at this kibbutz
References
References
- [http://www.saar.org.il/ViewPage.asp?pagesCatID=205&siteName=saar Kibbutz Sa'ar website]
- Morris, Benny. (2004). "The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited". Cambridge University Press.
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- [http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2006_08_03_1.html Rocket kills American oleh at Kibbutz Sa’ar] The Jerusalem Post
- [https://www.haaretz.com/themarker/economy-finance/bermad-water-control-solutions-looking-to-float-stock-1.203670 Bermad Water Control Solutions looking to float stock] Haaretz
- "Jerry Seinfeld show in Atlantic City".
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