Hitahdut HaIkarim (, lit. ''Farmers Federation'') is a

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for private farmers in

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''Hitahdut HaMoshavot BeYehuda VeShomron'' (, ''Association of moshavot in

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and

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'') was founded in

Yavne'el Yavne'el (, ) is a moshava and Local council (Israel), local council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. Founded in 1901, it is one of the oldest rural Jewish communities in the country. According to the Israel Centra ...

in 1920, making it the oldest agricultural organisation in Israel. In 1927 it was expanded and renamed ''Hitahdut HaIkarim BeEretz Israel'' (, lit. ''Association of the Farmers in the

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''). After Israeli independence it adopted its current name. The organisation was affiliated with the

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, and later (as of 1985) with the

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. It published the weekly ''Bustenai'' periodical in conjunction with the General Zionists between 1929 and 1939. Zionist leader Moshe Smilansky served as its president, whilst Haim Ariav, a

member of the

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, served as its secretary.Haim Ariav: Public Activities
Knesset

Member villages

Several agricultural communities (

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im and

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) are affiliated with the organisation, including: * Adi, community settlement in northern Israel * Bat Shlomo, moshav in northern Israel * Elyashiv, moshav in central Israel * Hararit, community settlement in Western Galilee * Hibat Tzion, moshav in the central Coastal Plain * Kamon, community settlement in the Galilee * Katzir, Jewish locality in northern Israel * Kidmat Tzvi, moshav in central Golan Heights * Korazim, community settlement, Lower Galilee above the Sea of Galilee * Mikhmanim, community settlement Lower Galilee * Neve Michael, moshav in central Israel * Talmei Bilu, moshav in north-western Negev * Yuvalim, community settlement in the Galilee

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