{"id":129,"date":"2024-01-18T07:35:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T07:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/git.quatro.digital\/clients\/kkl\/?post_type=community&p=129"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:00:27","slug":"kibbutz-ein-hashlosha","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/?community=kibbutz-ein-hashlosha","title":{"rendered":"Ein HaShlosha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kibbutz<\/strong> Ein HaShlosha\u00a0(Hebrew meaning\u2009“Spring of the Three<\/em>“), was named in memory of three of its founding members who were killed during the\u00a01948 Israeli War of Independence. It was established in 1950 by the The Zionist Youth group (HaNoar HaTzioni) from South America.
\nIn its early years, the kibbutz suffered from harassment by infiltrators and bombardment by the\u00a0Egyptian army. On 15 January 2008, an\u00a0Ecuadorian\u00a0volunteer, Carlos Chavez, was shot and killed by a\u00a0Hamas\u00a0sniper\u00a0while working on the kibbutz. The kibbutz continued to be hit regularly by\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0gunfire during the 2008 Gaza\u2013Israel conflict, Operation “Cast Lead”.\u00a0 The IDF discovered a terrorist tunnel in October 2013, which was dug from the south of the Gaza Strip to the water reservoir near the kibbutz, about a kilometer long, the purpose of which was to abduct Israeli citizens.<\/p>\n

Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha has the distinction of having the largest number of rockets fall within its territory during Operation Pillar of Defense (2012), and the second largest number of rockets during Operation Protective Edge (2014) in all of the country. Its close proximity to the Gaza Strip means that although the kibbutz has a warning alarm system (“red alert”), the residents only have about 5 seconds to find shelter.<\/p>\n

Despite these challenges, Ein HaShlosha thrived, and families flourished, with many residents expressing their strong attachment to the community. The kibbutz is surrounded by a beautiful landscape of green fields and seasonal blossoms. It was in the process of regenerating to transform the kibbutz into a community that runs on economic independence, with shared assets and a stable industrial and agricultural economy, an economic system designed to sustain a community and implement decisions in a democratic manner and with mutual aid and benefit<\/strong>. Committees concerning community issues such as demographic growth, education, health and welfare, culture and security were active. The kibbutz had services such as: a playground, tennis courts, basketball court and soccer field, a pool, park, grocery store, friends club, regional clinic, synagogue, and kindergartens, youth center, and a center for the elderly. On the kibbutz there was a boutique brewery, a home bakery, and a fashion boutique (inside the General Store). The residents relied mostly on agriculture, farming turkey\u00a0and\u00a0dairy cows, growing wheat, potatoes, sunflowers, carrots and paprika. Another facet of income was the Klasrika factory for office equipment.<\/p>\n

In its pitch to attract new members, Kibbutz Ein HaSholsha offered potential residents the opportunity to “participate in a Zionist act, to settle a place while doing something meaningful and valuable, taking an active part in leading growth processes and building a community, a pastoral place with high quality education for children.” As a kibbutz founded by immigrants from South America, the kibbutz was one of the communities where many visitors from South America came to visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha\u00a0(Hebrew meaning\u2009“Spring of the Three“), was named in memory of three of its founding members who were killed during the\u00a01948 Israeli War of Independence. It was established in 1950 by the The Zionist Youth group (HaNoar HaTzioni) from South America. In its early years, the kibbutz suffered from harassment by infiltrators and bombardment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donate.kkl-jnf.org\/westernnegevtribute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}