History
The kibbutz was founded on 18 April 1949 on the lands of the Christian Palestinian village of al-Jammama, conquered during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. According to Walid Khalidi, the villagers were expelled on May 22, 1948. The founders of Beit Kama were immigrants from Hungary who belonged to Hashomer Hatzair movement.
The Jewish settlement was initially called "Safiach." The actual name is derived from Isaiah 17:5: "And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain."
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