Ein Carmel colony

Ein Carmel is a kibbutz located near Atlit. It was established in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Mazar, in the District of Haifa. The kibbutz was founded by former settlers of Ein Hayam and Ramat Rachel. The founding charter of the settlement was signed at the end of the 1948 ethnic cleansing war by four adults and two children from each of the founding groups.

The kibbutz is located approximately one kilometer from the former Palestinian village of al-Mazar, whose residents were displaced during the fighting of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Some of the current structures of Ein Carmel stand on lands that were part of the village. Although most of the residents left in May 1948, the village was ultimately destroyed during an operation in mid-July.

As of 2021, the settlement had a population of 930 settlers.

Sources:
Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, “Israeli” sources were used:

• Official Hebrew website of the settlement
• Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics
• Palestine Remembered website (entry for the village of al-Mazar)