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kibbutz

[ki-boots, -boots] / kɪˈbʊts, -ˈbuts /
NOUN
collective farm
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They include Gadi Moses, another kibbutz co-founder, and the oldest living male hostage released during the Gaza war, and Yair Horn, who stops to chat with the Aharons as he passes in a golf buggy.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which was also devastated by the attack, mourners sat in silence in assembled chairs as they watched the raising of an Israeli flag.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

As the sky began to lighten over Israel's border with Gaza on Wednesday, the people of Kfar Aza moved silently towards the armoury at the centre of the kibbutz.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The complex internal hierarchy of Israel’s kibbutzim ensures that only a few long-term residents—usually older people—have a vote in matters relating to governance, including the painful question of knocking down the houses of the kibbutz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I've been unconscious since Lev and I collapsed together on the threshold of the kibbutz.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Today in Israel, Mr. Friedman relates, there are kibbutzim named for Reick, Senesh and Sereni.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Before the war, kibbutzim residents tried to help Gazans, hiring them for jobs or and taking them for medical treatments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

It is one of a small number of kibbutzim in Israel that still operates as a collective.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024

Scores of Jews from around the world are visiting Israel to tour the grounds of the Nova music festival and burned out kibbutzim, bearing witness and reflecting on the Oct.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2024

All the time, in fact, in the meetings, special concerts, gatherings with other kibbutzim.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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