History
Ramot Menashe was established in July 1948 by immigrants from Poland many of whom were Holocaust survivors who had participated in ghetto uprisings against the Nazis. Throughout its existence Ramot Menashe has absorbed members from various countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Israel who like its original founders, were members of the socialist Zionist movement Hashomer Hatzair.
In the 1990s Ramot Menashe underwent a process of privatization, also known as 'The Change' following the kibbutz crisis, and in 2007 it began absorbing 138 new families as part of its expansion project.
According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the kibbutz is located on land close to Daliyat al-Rawha', a depopulated Arab village, while Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi notes that the land of Ramot Menashe actually belonged to the former village of Sabbarin.
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