Regba () is a

moshav shitufi A moshav shitufi (, lit. ''collective moshav'', pl. ''moshavim shitufiim'') is a type of cooperative State of Israel, Israeli village, whose organizational principles place it between the kibbutz and the moshav on the scale of cooperation. Ideolo ...

in northern

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. Located near

Nahariya Nahariya () is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of , the city had a population of . The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton River, Ga'aton (riv ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Mateh Asher Regional Council The Mateh Asher Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Asher'') is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Jos ...

. In it had a population of .

History

Regba was established in 1946 next to the Palestinian Arab villages of

Al-Sumayriyya Al-Sumayriyya (, ''Katasir'' in Canaanite times, ''Someleria'' during Crusader rule), was a Palestinian village located six kilometers north of Acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Isr ...

and

Mazra'a Mazra'a (, ) is an Arab village and local council in northern Israel, situated between Acre and Nahariyya east of the Coastal Highway that runs along the Mediterranean coast. The local council was founded in 1896 and was incorporated into the ...

, by a group of veterans of the

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from

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, the

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and

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. It was originally established as a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

and became a moshav shitufi in 1949. The name is symbolic, as in "Regev" ("lump of earth"). File:Historical map series for the area of al-Sumayriyya (1940s with modern overlay).jpg, The area in a 1940s

Survey of Palestine The Survey of Palestine was the government department responsible for the survey and mapping of Palestine during the British mandate period. The survey department was established in 1920 in Jaffa, and moved to the outskirts of Tel Aviv in 19 ...

map, with the modern locations overlaid. The two pre-existing villages of

and

can be seen File:רגבה - ביום העליה לארגון רגבה - מושב עובדים לחיילים משוחררים-JNF025724.jpeg, Regba

Aliyah ''Aliyah'' (, ; ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine (region), Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the Israel ...

18 August 1946 File:רגבה - ביום העליה לארגון רגבה - מושב עובדים לחיילים משוחררים-JNF025728.jpeg, Regba 18 August 1946 File:רגבה - חגיגת העליה לרגבה , מושב עובדים לחיילים משוחררים , ד"ר פינר מברך-JNF025729.jpeg, Regba 18 August 1946 File:רגבה - בדרך לעבודה-JNF033594.jpeg, Regba 1947

Landmarks

Regba Center for Olive and Oil, originally located at the Shemen factory in

Haifa Bay The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay (, ''Mifratz Heifa''), formerly Bay of Acre, is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean. ''Haifa Bay'' also refers one of Haifa's ni ...

, documents the history of the country's olive industry.Regba Center for Olive and Oil
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Notable residents

Eyal Berkovic Eyal Berkovic (or Berkovich, ; born 2 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional association footballer, football coach, team owner and television talk show presenter. As a player he was an Attacking Midfielder, attacking midfielder who spen ...

(born 1972), football player

References

{{Authority control Dutch-Jewish culture in Israel German-Jewish culture in Israel Moshavim Kibbutz Movement Populated places established in 1946 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1946 establishments in Mandatory Palestine