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Kibbutz movement

Wearing bulletproof vests, workers at Kibbutz Amir's dairy farm near the northern border continue to milk the cows during the ongoing war against Iran, March, 2026. (Via Israel Dairy Board)
March 10, 2026, 11:02 pm
Government pulls controversial dairy reform from upcoming budget
Farmers, kibbutz, moshav movements, welcome move, call for dialogue to reach deal that will strengthen economy, lower cost of living, bolster local production
By Ariela Karmel and Sue Surkes
A returning kibbutz resident receives her homecoming kit from the Kibbutz Movement. (Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitaton Fund)
October 1, 2025, 8:23 am
Homecoming kits given to kibbutz residents returning to Gaza border area
Welcome back gift includes seeds, herbal tea and purification kit aimed at helping people return to houses that were desecrated on October 7, 2023
By Sue Surkes
Girls on a HaShomer HaHadash pre-army service year help with livestock in the Negev hills, 2024. (Tair Malka)
August 23, 2025, 8:29 am
From Sept. 1, the storied Nahal military group will return to its agricultural roots
18-year-olds will volunteer for a pre-army service year and mixed combat-community work on Gaza border and the north to strengthen and protect communities affected by Oct. 7
By Sue Surkes
A child helps plant a new vineyard at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom in this undated promotional image (Courtesy/Kerem Shalom)
May 30, 2025, 8:35 am
Looking to slow life down and join a kibbutz? It’ll cost you
Once Zionist experiments in communal living, today’s kibbutz communities still have much to offer… for those with the right mindset and deep enough pockets
By Zev Stub
Irrigating fields near the Gaza border in southern Israel, December 19, 2024. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
April 3, 2025, 9:13 am
Government amends Water Law to cut price for farmers
Agriculture Ministry, kibbutz and moshav movements, farmers’ federation, welcome move, which emphasizes speeding up the transition to using treated wastewater
By Sue Surkes
Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference discussing plans for the state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, August 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 6:22 pm
Regev dismisses families’ objections as ‘noise’ as she pushes ahead with Oct. 7 ceremony
She likens communities’ planned events to ‘alternative ceremonies, such as Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on Memorial Day’; is accused of ignoring pain of bereaved, hostages’ families
By ToI Staff
Nadav Tzabari of Kibbutz Nahal Oz walks past the Tama training center at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek on December 6, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 26, 2023, 4:43 am
Kibbutz within a kibbutz: Nahal Oz evacuees find long-term haven at Mishmar Ha’emek
With shared values and a similar lifestyle, the traumatized Gaza border community is creating a new temporary normal at a northern paragon of Zionist socialism
By Canaan Lidor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at a ceremony to honor fallen Etzel fighters, in Tel Aviv, April 16, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
April 17, 2023, 3:01 pm
Kibbutz Movement nixes slated appearance of Gallant at memorial service
Group also rescinds invite to National Unity MK after bereaved families demand ceremonies remain free of politics with country undergoing upheaval over judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
Staff and volunteers at the new community center run by Hashomer Hatzair in Kharkiv, Ukraine on April 4, 2023. (Hashomer Hatzair)
April 11, 2023, 1:11 pm
Israeli youth movement opens kibbutz-style community center in war-torn Ukraine
Open to all of Kharkiv’s residents, the Asho Center features one of the bombed-out city’s few running kindergartens
By Canaan Lidor
Introducing new members on Kibbutz Mevo Hama. (courtesy Ayelet Harris)
July 22, 2022, 6:18 am
As pandemic pushes people to greener pastures, kibbutzim see membership swell
Israelis looking for a very different kind of community are continuing to move out of cities and into collective settlements, even as (almost) post-COVID normalcy returns
By Danielle Nagler
Israelis seen at a celebration for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot in Kibbutz Sarid, in Emek Yizrael on May 16, 2021. (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
June 5, 2022, 3:29 pm
On the kibbutz, Shavuot is a time for remembering the movement’s glory days
The biblical harvest festival resonates with the agricultural collectives’ largely secular residents and offers an opportunity for pageants, concerts, fairs and other celebrations
By Hillel Kuttler
Kanye West on the 'Drink Champs' podcast, November 5, 2021. (Screen shot via JTA)
November 9, 2021, 8:54 am
Kanye West calls for a ‘Christian kibbutz’
In podcast interview, rapper touts advantages of collective ownership for better community life, such as grandparents being able to take care of kids
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: A tractor plows a field in Kibbutz Tzora near the city of Beit Shemesh on June 25, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 20, 2021, 11:56 am
A year of COVID-19 lockdowns revives Israel’s kibbutz movement
Young families seek quieter pastoral lifestyle and more space; tens of thousands of Israelis apply for membership in kibbutzim in the past year, with pandemic a major factor
By Linda Gradstein
Screen capture from video of Yair Netanyahu, right, during an interview with the Galei Israel radio station. (Twitter)
November 17, 2020, 8:28 pm
Netanyahu’s son compares Israeli kibbutz movement to Nazi Germany
In radio interview, Yair Netanyahu says that outside of Israel, kibbutzim only exist in North Korea, and like Hitler’s regime they aimed to establish ‘utopian societies’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Southern community council leaders meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with senior cabinet ministers and army commander, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 15, 2018. (Prime Minister's Office)
November 16, 2018, 1:21 am
Netanyahu meets southern community leaders amid criticism over Gaza ceasefire
PM, along with top ministers and IDF chiefs, presents NIS 500 million support plan for border towns in bid to quell anger over restrained response to Hamas fire
By ToI Staff
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