Amikam, Agricultural moshav in Alona Regional Council, Israel.
Amikam is a moshav in the Alona Regional Council, in northern Israel, set among gently rolling hills near Zichron Ya'akov. The settlement is made up of private farmsteads and shared agricultural land, with fruit orchards and open fields surrounding the built-up area.
Amikam was founded in 1950 by Jewish refugees who had fled from Harbin, Shanghai, and Manchuria during the Chinese Civil War. They settled on the land of the former Arab village of Sabbarin and built an agricultural community from the ground up.
The residents grow stone fruits such as peaches, plums, and nectarines on shared farmland, which gives the settlement its open, orchard-lined appearance. Walking through the area today, you can see rows of fruit trees that define the pace of daily life here.
The moshav can be reached by taking Route 4 toward Binyamina, then Route 653 in the direction of Givat Ada. A daytime visit works best, as the fields are active and you can get a clear sense of how the community is organized around its farmland.
A rare variety of peach once grown here is connected to an archaeological find: pits from this fruit were discovered during excavations at the ancient fortress of Masada. This links the farming story of a small modern settlement to one of the most studied sites in the region.
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