Regavim


Regavim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the north-east of Pardes Hanna-Karkur, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of.

Etymology

The name Regavim is taken from the Hebrew word "regev," meaning a very small piece of land, a word used in a Zionist poem about reclaiming the Land of Israel, "dunam by dunam, regev by regev."

History

The village was established in 1947 by immigrants from Italy and North Africa who were members of the Habonim Dror youth movement. They initially settled on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Butaymat in July 1948, before moving to the land of another depopulated Palestinian village, Qannir, in 1949.