kibbutz

War zone realities: Kibbutz life amid endless bombs, no services, neglected education

Witnessing the struggle: a resident shares the heartbreaking reality of eight kibbutzim near the Lebanon border, unaided amid a war zone.

Hamas massacre victims were feudal vassals, not 'privileged Israelis'

A fact largely unknown by the public, even in Israel, is that both the land and the housing are owned by the state, with property rights often worse than under feudal landlords.

By RACHELLE ALTERMAN
23/02/2024

Reviving Israel’s periphery

Rashi Foundation CEO Michal Cohen on revitalizing war-torn communities

Tours of October 7 massacre sites: Tourist attraction or solidarity mission?

It is not a tourist attraction – and shouldn’t become one. 

New housing for Nachal Oz evacuees: Where will it be established?

National Planning Council approves exemption and permit for housing complex, proposes Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek as the location.

Gaza border residents raise concerns over mental health, well-being

Insights from a comprehensive survey of the people from the Sdot Hanegev regional council.

Finding hope amid the killing fields

This is our moment to be gutsy and inspired, to make Israel flourish again, like the red anemones making the Supernova killing fields bloom.

24/01/2024

Association invests NIS 6 million to build home for disabled graduates

The house, unoccupied amid the ongoing war, aims to provide lodging to those with complex disabilities

Freed hostage recounts torture of women in Gaza's terror tunnels - Washington Post

In an interview for international media, Agam Goldstein-Almog discussed Hamas's psychological torture, starvation, and her encounter with other female hostages in the tunnels beneath Gaza.

While Israel turns kibbutzim into museums of Oct. 7, residents want their homes back

Even in exile, the kibbutz makes all decisions as a collective. An offer to move into three new buildings in Jerusalem was turned down.

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA
12/01/2024
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