Karmia

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Karmia
foundation = 20 May 1950
founded_by = Hashomer Hatzair members
region = Southern coastal plain
council = Hof Ashkelon
industry = Agriculture, manufacturing
affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
website =

Karmia ( _he. כרמיה) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 464.

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 around a school which had been built by the British authorities for the Arab village of Hiribya, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Its name is dervied from the Hebrew for vineyard (Lang-he|כרם, "Kerem"), which were common in the area.

In 1972 a blanket factory was established in the kibbutz.

The kibbutz absorbed 54 families from Elei Sinai and Nisanit, which were evacuated as part of the disengament plan. [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1138622575524&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Evacuees: First we were expelled, now we're abandoned] The Jerusalem Post, 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.

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