{{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Yas'ur | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|יַסְעוּר}} | image = Yas'ur.jpg | meaning = Petrel | foundation = 1949 | founded_by = Hungarian Jews | country ={{ISR}} | district = north | council = Mateh Asher | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Yas'ur}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel northwest#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position= | coordinates = {{coord|32|54|2|N|35|9|58|E|display=inline,title}} | website = [http://www.yassur.org.il/ www.yassur.org.il] }} [[File:עליה לקיבוץ יסעור 4 צלם בנו רותנברג 1949 גנזך המדינה.jpg|thumb|Establishment of Kibbutz Yas'ur, 1949; speaker - Levi Eshkol]] '''Yas'ur''' ({{langx|he|יַסְעוּר}}, lit. ''petrel'') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located east of Acre in the Western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Yas'ur}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== The kibbutz was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Hungary who were members of the Zionist Socialist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair; they were joined in 1951 by another group of immigrants from England and in 1956 by another group from Brazil.<ref>[http://www.yassur.org.il/ViewPage.asp?pagesCatID=36&siteName=yassur About] Kibbutz Yasur</ref> The kibbutz is named after the seabird Yas'ur (''petrel)'', symbolising the wishes of the founders to engage in fishing.<ref>Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). ''The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites'' (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 162</ref> The parents of Israeli historian Benny Morris were among the founders of the kibbutz, shortly after his birth.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151205042136/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/benny-morris-on-why-he-s-written-his-last-word-on-the-israel-arab-conflict-1.465869 Benny Morris on Why He's Written His Last Word on the Israel-Arab Conflict] Haaretz, 20 September 2012</ref>
The kibbutz was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Birwa,<ref>{{cite book|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|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=10}}</ref> and it uses the land of the depopulated villages of Al-Damun<ref>Khalidi, 1992, p. 11</ref> and Al-Ruways<ref>Khalidi, 1992, p. 29</ref> for agriculture.
Yasur's economy was based on textile and toy factories, which became unprofitable and closed down. In 2003 the kibbutz began a process of renewal and launched a successful membership drive.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kershner |first=Isabel |author-link=Isabel Kershner |title=The Kibbutz Sheds Socialism and Gains Popularity |date=August 27, 2007 |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/world/middleeast/27kibbutz.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> An Italian restaurant, Liliana's, is located on the grounds of the kibbutz.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wagner |first=Robert |title=Italy in the Galilee |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=December 6, 2012 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Food-And-Wine/Italy-in-the-Galilee |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref>
==Notable people==
* Lynne Reid Banks * Benny Morris<ref>{{cite news |last=Remnick |first=David |title=Blood and Sand |date=April 28, 2008 |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/05/05/blood-and-sand-books-david-remnick |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.yassur.org.il/ Kibbutz website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144151/http://www.yassur.org.il/ |date=2011-07-21 }} {{in lang|he}}
{{Mateh Asher Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Hungarian-Jewish culture in Israel Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1949 Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Category:1949 establishments in Israel