Mishmar Ha'Emek
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| Coordinates: 32°36′34.91″N 35°8′30.48″E / 32.6096972°N 35.1418000°ECoordinates: 32°36′34.91″N 35°8′30.48″E / 32.6096972°N 35.1418000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Megiddo |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair |
| Population (2015) | 1,216 |
| Website | http://mh.kibbutz.org.il/ |
Mishmar HaEmek (Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר הָעֵמֶק, lit. Guard of the Valley) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. Mishmar HaEmek is one of the few kibbutzim that have not undergone privatization and still follow the traditional collectivist and socialist model of the kibbutzim. At least five members of the Knesset hail from Mishmar HaEmek. In 2015 it had a population of 1,216.
Mishmar HaEmek is located in the southwestern part of the Jezreel Valley, between Highway 66 and the foot of the Menashe Heights. Next to the kibbutz is the manmade Mishmar HaEmek forest, a section of the Ramot Manasseh Park, listed as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO and was planted by the Jewish National Fund and members of the kibbutz.
During the time of the Fourth Aliyah (1924–1928), The Jezreel Valley was the top priority of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The JNF wanted to settle the valley in order to establish a significant Jewish agricultural community in the arable valley, as well as creating a contiguous bloc of Jewish settlements in the valley, connecting Haifa with the already existing bloc of Jewish settlements between Afula and Baysan. In 1924 the JNF bought some 30,175 dunams of lands from Arab villages next to Nahalal in the western part of the valley. On these lands, Sarid, Ramat David, Gvat, Kfar Baruch and Mishmar HaEmek were established.
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