Yagur

The name Yagur was taken by the founding members from a nearby Arab village called "Yajur". There is a site with a similar name (Yagur) mentioned in the Book of Joshua (Josh 15:21), though it was located in territory belonging to the Tribe of Judah, far to the south.

Yagur was founded in 1922 by a settlement group called Ahva (Brotherhood).^{[citation needed]}

At first, the members worked drying up the swamps surrounding the Kishon River and preparing the land for permanent settlement. They established various agricultural divisions and the kibbutz began to grow.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 April 1931 three members of the kibbutz were killed by members of a cell of the Black Hand.^[3]

During the Mandate era, Yagur was an important center for the Haganah. During Operation Agatha on 29 June 1946, the British army conducted a major raid on the kibbutz and located a major arms depot hidden there after receiving a tip from informants. More than 300 rifles, some 100 2-inch mortars, more than 400,000 bullets, some 5,000 grenades and 78 revolvers were confiscated.^[4] Many members of the kibbutz were arrested.^[5]

The economy is now based on diversified agriculture and industry. The kibbutz operates a 5-month work-study program for young adults (18-28) in which participants learn conversational Hebrew and work in the kibbutz.^[6]

• Yisrael Bar-Yehuda (1895–1965), Knesset member
• Erich Glas (1897–1973), artist
• Uziel Gal (1923–2002), designer of the Uzi submachine gun
• Yoel Marcus (1932–2022), Haaretz commentator
• Itamar Marzel (born 1949), basketball player
• Yoram Taharlev (1938–2022), poet, lyricist, author
• Ruth Westheimer German-American sex therapist
• Assaf Yaguri (1931–2000), Knesset member

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  Shomeria pioneer group at Yagur, 1921
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  Yagur 1926
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  Yagur 1939
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  Yagur 1945
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  A room in Kibbutz Yagur after a weapon search conducted during Operation Agatha.
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  Members of the Yiftach Brigade training at Yagur, 1948
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  Nahal Yagur after rainfall