 | Barkai (Hebrew: בַּרְקַאי, lit. Morning Star) is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. Its main industries include thermal and acoustic insulation, lamination and packaging: the Polyon Barkai factory; and agriculture: cattle, poultry, avocado and field crops. In 2017 it had a population of 559. It was founded on 10 May 1949 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Wadi Ara.The Arabic village east of Kibbutz Barkai still ex
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