Shomrat
Kibbutz in Mateh Asher
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Shomrat (Hebrew: שָׁמְרַת) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 715.[1]
Shomrat
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  Shomrat | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′4″N 35°5′44″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Mateh Asher |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 29 May 1948 |
| Founded by | Czechoslovak, Hungarian and Romanian Hashomer Hatzair Members |
| Population (2023) | 715[1] |
| Website | www.at-shomrat.com |
History
The kibbutz was established on 29 May 1948 by Hashomer Hatzair members from Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Manshiyya, north of the village site,[2] and also incorporated some land from al-Sumayriyya.[3][4] Some of the founders had fought with the partisan forces against the Nazis in Europe, while the majority came out of various Nazi concentration camps. Most of the kibbutz founders made their way to Palestine as part of the Aliyah Bet organization, and were consequently interned in DP camps in Cyprus. The founders originally resided in the agricultural experimental government station near Acre, and moved to the permanent location in 1950.[5]
Designer Tzuri Gueta attended secondary school at Shomrat, and his first job was in the kibbutz knitting factory.[6]
In August of 1988, a gang rape occurred in the kibbutz resulting in changes to Israeli law on sexual assault.[7]