HaHotrim | |
Imgsize: | 250 |
Foundation: | 1941/1952 |
Founded By: | Czechoslovak and German Jewish Refugees |
District: | haifa |
Council: | Hof HaCarmel |
Affiliation: | Kibbutz Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel haifa |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 32.7514°N 34.9561°W |
Website: | http://www.hahotrim.com/ |
HaHotrim (Hebrew: הַחוֹתְרִים||The Rowers) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Tirat Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The beginnings of the kibbutz were in December 1941, with the formation of a work company near Kiryat Haim by Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia and Germany.[1] The kibbutz was established in 1952 on the land of a depopulated Palestinian village named al-Tira.[2] In 1999, Mount Carmel Naval Base was relocated to here.
. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Benny Morris . 2004 . 978-0-521-00967-6 . Cambridge University Press. xx.