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Mishmar HaEmek (lit. Guard of the Valley) is a kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 in northern Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located in the western Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley

The Jezreel Valley is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the south of the Lower Galilee region of Israel. It is bordered to the south by the Samaria highlands and Mount Gilboa, to the north by the Lower Galilee, to the west by the Mount Carmel range, and to the east by the Jordan Valley....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council
Megiddo Regional Council

The Megiddo Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel encompassing land on the Menashe Plateau, and partly in the Jezreel Valley....
. In 2006 it had a population of 964.

Currently, about 1,300 people live in the kibbutz, 600 of which are considered members. Most of the original kibbutz members are originally from Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and Galicia
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
, but today's population is from many places around the world.






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Mishmar HaEmek (lit. Guard of the Valley) is a kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 in northern Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Located in the western Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley

The Jezreel Valley is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the south of the Lower Galilee region of Israel. It is bordered to the south by the Samaria highlands and Mount Gilboa, to the north by the Lower Galilee, to the west by the Mount Carmel range, and to the east by the Jordan Valley....
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council
Megiddo Regional Council

The Megiddo Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel encompassing land on the Menashe Plateau, and partly in the Jezreel Valley....
. In 2006 it had a population of 964.

Currently, about 1,300 people live in the kibbutz, 600 of which are considered members. Most of the original kibbutz members are originally from Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and Galicia
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
, but today's population is from many places around the world. The kibbutz's ideology is based on the Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair

Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist-Zionism youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine....
 movement.

The kibbutz economy is based mainly on "Tama" - Plastic factory, based in the kibbutz with additional factories located elsewhere in Israel. The kibbutz also produces chickens and farms about 7,000 dunam
Dunam

A dunam or d?n?m, dunum, donum is a Units of measurement of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire....
s. "Idea", A high-tech company based in Mishmar HaEmek, is responsible for the database system of the Holocaust
The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
 museum Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem

File:Yad Vashem BW 3.JPGYad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
.

Notable residents

The kibbutz has been home to numerous Israeli politicians and several important literary figures, including:
  • Eli Amir
    Eli Amir

    Eli Amir is an Israeli writer and activist....
    , author
  • Mordechai Bentov
    Mordechai Bentov

    Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli journalist and politician, and was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence ....
    , government minister and signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence
  • Yaakov Hazan
    Yaakov Hazan

    Yaakov Hazan was an Israeli politician and social activist....
    , member of the Knesset
    Knesset

    The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
  • Amnon Linn
    Amnon Linn

    Amnon Linn is a former Israeli politician....
    , member of the Knesset
  • Hillel Omer
    Hillel Omer

    Hillel Omer was an Israeli poet and writer who wrote under the pen name Ayin Hillel . He is remembered primarily for his poems for children, which have become staples of the Israeli nursery....
    , poet and writer
  • Emry Ron, member of the Knesset
  • Moshe Shamir
    Moshe Shamir

    Moshe Shamir was an Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure. He was one of the most important Israeli writers of modern times....
    , author and playwright
  • Mordechai Shenhavi, one of the founders of Hashomer Hatzair
    Hashomer Hatzair

    Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist-Zionism youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine....
  • Emma Talmi, member of the Knesset