Kibbutz Artzi

In 1927, during the Passover holiday, members of four kibbutzim – Ma'abarot, Merhavia, Mishmar Haemek and Ein Shemer – met in a shed at the kibbutzim camp in Bat Galim, at the foot of Mount Carmel, and decided to found a pioneering settlement organization named Hashomer Hatzair and The Kibbutz Artzi.

Members

• Kibbutz Gal On - From Kibbutz Artzi/Hashomer Hatzair - participant in the 11 Points in the Negev operation.
• Kibbutz Nirim - From Kibbutz Artzi/Hashomer Hatzair - named after the Nir brigade of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement, some of whose members helped establish the kibbutz - participant in the 11 Points in the Negev operation.
• Kibbutz Shaar Hagolan - Kibbutz visited by Tony Benn in 1945 while he was on leave from the RAF in Egypt.
• Kibbutz Shoval - From Kibbutz Artzi/Hashomer Hatzair - founded by members of Hashomer Hatzair and settlers who had survived the Patria disaster - participant in the 11 Points in the Negev operation.