- Hatzerim
Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Hatzerim
foundation = October 1946
founded_by = Israeli Scouts
region =Negev
industry = Agriculture, manufacturing
affiliation =Kibbutz Movement
website = [http://www.hatzerim.org.il www.hatzerim.org.il]Hatzerim ( _he. חצרים, lit. "Courtyards") is a
kibbutz located 8 kilometers west ofBeersheba in theNegev desert inIsrael .History
Established in October 1946 by a young group of scouts then later joined by refugees from
Iran who were referred to as “The Children of Tehran”. They then learned agriculture and military training becoming part of the Haganah ground forces. In the 1960s theHatzerim Airbase was built nearby.Netafim
Hatzerim was one of the first kibbutz to break the mould from traditional agriculture and start a business.
Netafim is the kibbutz business that started in1965 , that designs, manufactures and distributes irrigation systems. The business is also run with two other kibbutz, Magal and Yiftach. There are also factories around the world, California, USA, South Africa, Western Australia and more. Netafim soon became a world leader in their field as a multinational corporation that grosses over $300 million a year. [cite web |url=http://www.sfu.ca/~hayter/Netafim.htm |author=Professor Roger Hayter |title=Dynamics of Industrial Location - A Kibbutz-based MNC. |publisher=Simon Fraser University (sfu.ca) ]References
Further reading
* Gavron, Daniel. "The Kibbutz: Awakening from Utopia". Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
External links
* [http://www.hatzerim.org.il Kibbutz website] he icon
* [http://www.netafim.com/ Netafim Website] en icon
* [http://www.gastana.net/ Hatzerim Dance Studio and Dance Company]
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