# Gazit
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gazit
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gazit.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazit
> Source revision: 1357115817
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{About|Gazit, kibbutz in northern Israel|the surname|Gazit (surname)}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Gazit
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|גָּזִית}}
| image = Gazit.jpg
| caption =
| imgsize = 250
| foundation = 1948
| founded_by = [Argentine](/source/Argentine), [Polish](/source/Poland), [Romania](/source/Romania)n and [Turkish Jews](/source/Turkish_Jews),
| district = north
| council = [Jezreel Valley](/source/Jezreel_Valley_Regional_Council)
| affiliation = [Kibbutz Movement](/source/Kibbutz_Movement)
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Gazit}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel jezreel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|38|15|N|35|26|50|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
'''Gazit''' ({{langx|he|גָּזִית}}, ''lit.'' dressed stone) is a [kibbutz](/source/kibbutz) in northern [Israel](/source/Israel). Located in the [Galilee](/source/Galilee), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Jezreel Valley Regional Council](/source/Jezreel_Valley_Regional_Council). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gazit}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==Etymology==
The name is symbolic, derived from the [Book of Isaiah](/source/Book_of_Isaiah) 9:10: "The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone".[{{cite encyclopedia|author=Vilnai, Ze'ev|authorlink=Zev Vilnay|title=Gazit|encyclopedia=Ariel Encyclopedia|volume=2|pages=1289|publisher=[Am Oved](/source/Am_Oved)|location=[Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), Israel|year=1974|language=he}}] The kibbutz was originally called "Argentina A".[{{Cite book
| publisher = Mapa Publishing
| isbn = 965-7184-34-7
| pages = 107
|editor-first=Yuval |editor-last=El'azari
| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
| location = Tel-Aviv
| year = 2005
|language=he}}]
==History==
The [kibbutz community](/source/Gar'in) was formed in 1947 by [immigrants](/source/aliyah) from [Argentina](/source/Argentina), [Poland](/source/Poland), [Romania](/source/Romania) and [Turkey](/source/Turkey), and the physical kibbutz was established in 1948 on the lands of the [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) village of [al-Tira](/source/al-Tira%2C_Baysan), which was [depopulated](/source/List_of_villages_depopulated_during_the_Arab-Israeli_conflict) during the [1948 Arab–Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War), 1.5 km southwest of the village site.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |author-link=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited |isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) |location=[Cambridge](/source/Cambridge) |page=xxi}}][{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=[Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.)|publisher=[Institute for Palestine Studies](/source/Institute_for_Palestine_Studies)|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=63}}]
Gazit became a permanent settlement in 1950. Initially a [communist](/source/communism) kibbutz, its members decided to swear allegiance to the [state](/source/State_of_Israel) in 1952, expelling 22 [Maki](/source/Maki_(historical_political_party)) members in the process.[{{cite news |last=Ashkenazi |first=Eli |title=Be careful what you dig for |date=June 22, 2007 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4945601 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430114147/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4945601 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |newspaper=[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz) |access-date=April 30, 2019}}]
==Economy==
The main Traditional livelihood branches of the kibbutz are field crops, orchard (near Nahal Tavor ), almond and olive groves, barn, house sheep, beef, and chicken coop. The Kibbutz also runs a community pub.
Apart from these fields, The Kibbutz's main income is largely based on the Factory " Plazit "[{{Cite web |url=http://www.plazit.com/ |title=Plazit web site |access-date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142253/http://www.plazit.com/ |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead }}] that produces rigid plastic sheets, plastic products primarily for the food trays for the food industry (with grouping ascending ). In recent years, the factory has incorporated a number of other factories, and even bought factories in Bulgaria and Chile. In 1952 "Naaman Gazit ", a factory producing porcelain plates, was established at the kibbutz, but closed several years later.
==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Jezreel Valley Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Kibbutz Movement
Category:Kibbutzim
Category:Populated places established in 1948
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:1948 establishments in Israel
---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gazit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazit) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazit?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.