{{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Shomria | image = Shomaria02.jpg | caption = | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שׁוֹמְרִיָּה}} | meaning = | foundation = 1985 | founded_by = Nahal | district = south | council = Bnei Shimon | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Shomeriyya}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon#Israel | pushpin_mapsize= 250 | pushpin_label_position= | coordinates = {{coord|31|25|55|N|34|53|6|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Shomria''' ({{langx|he|שׁוֹמְרִיָּה}}) is a religious kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Lehavim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shomeriyya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== Shomria was first established as a Nahal settlement. In 1985, it became a civilian kibbutz inhabited by members of the left-wing Hashomer Hatzair movement. This was a period of great hardship, even for long-established kibbutzim, and Shomria was not able to develop economically, nor to attract enough members. Following the implementation of the Gaza disengagement plan in 2005, its members were offered to vacate the entire place in exchange for compensation, so that Shomria could be offered as a new home for settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip. The kibbutz members agreed, and 60 families from the former settlement of Bnei Atzmon moved to Shomria in 2006. The new community fared well economically, and more evacuees joined. Around 2010, Shomria started moving towards renewed membership in the kibbutz movement, despite some ideological differences.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080602075911/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766701.html Gov't yet to begin homebuilding for some Gaza evacuees] Haaretz, 25 September 2006</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101227082746/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/former-gaza-settlers-seek-to-join-the-kibbutz-movement-1.332600 Former Gaza settlers seek to join the kibbutz movement] Haaretz, 24 December 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bershkovsky |first=Anna |title=Kibbutz Shomria handed over to evacuees |date=March 12, 2006 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3226936,00.html |work=YNet News |access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bnei Shimon Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Nahal settlements Category:Populated places established in 1985 Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Category:1985 establishments in Israel