Mashabei Sadeh
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Mashabei Sadeh (Template:Langx) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
HistoryEdit
The kibbutz was established in 1947 in the Elusa dunes and was originally known as Mashabim (Template:Langx). During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the kibbutz was attacked by the Egyptian Army but was retained by Israel. After the war ended it relocated to its present site. It was renamed Mashabei Sadeh in honour of Palmach leader Yitzhak Sadeh, who died in 1952.<ref>Catch '74, Haaretz</ref>
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Halutza 1947
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Halutza 1947
EconomyEdit
Apart from agriculture (field crops, poultry and dairy), the kibbutz breeds shrimp using special aquaculture techniques.<ref name="mashabim"/> It is also the only kibbutz in Israel to breed the Australian fish Barramundi.Template:Citation needed It also operates a factory, Sagiv, that produces brass ball-valves and fittings, and runs a guesthouse.<ref name="mashabim">Mashabim holiday village</ref>
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