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'{{About|the kibbutz||Sasa (disambiguation){{!}}Sasa}} {{Infobox Kibbutz | name = Sasa | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|סָאסָא}} | image = File:Kibbutz sasa.jpg | foundation = January 1949 | founded_by = {{nowrap|[[Hashomer Hatzair]] members}} | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | council = [[Upper Galilee Regional Council|Upper Galilee]] | affiliation = [[Kibbutz Movement]] | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Sasa}}{{Israel populations|reference}} | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map=Israel northeast#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |coordinates = {{coord|33|1|37|N|35|23|40|E|display=inline,title}} | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822214450/http://www.sasa.org.il/engsasa.html www.sasa.org.il] }} '''Sasa''' or '''Sassa''' ({{lang-he|סָאסָא}}) is a [[kibbutz]] in the [[Upper Galilee]] area of northern [[Israel]]. Located one mile from the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|border]] with [[Lebanon]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Upper Galilee Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sasa}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} ==History== {{See also|Sa'sa'}} The modern kibbutz was founded in January 1949 by a [[gar'in]] of North American [[Hashomer Hatzair]] members on the land of the [[List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict|depopulated]] [[Arabs|Arab]] village of [[Sa'sa']].<ref>Khalidi, Walid (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ&q=All+That+Remains:+The+Palestinian+Villages+Occupied+and+Depopulated+by+Israel+in+1948&dq=All+That+Remains:+The+Palestinian+Villages+Occupied+and+Depopulated+by+Israel+in+1948&source=bl&ots=FUfTb365J8&sig=YL8GgU5mYJaipptJjNJlom83EQs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xHdLUJ_KGcO80QWc-oGYAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948], [[Washington D.C.]]: [[Institute for Palestine Studies]]. p. 495</ref> Sa'sa' was demolished by the Israeli Seventh Brigade and Oded Brigade on October 30, 1948. Many of the villagers from Sa'sa live in [[Nahr al-Bared]], a Palestinian refugee camp in [[Lebanon]],<ref>Ilan Pappé, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine", page 183</ref> although some resettled in nearby [[Jish]]. On the grounds of the kibbutz is the alleged tomb of [[rabbi]] [[Levi ben Sisi]], who is actually known to have died in far-away [[Parthian Empire|Babylonia]] during the first half of the third century.<ref>[http://www.breslev-midot.com/eng/photo_album05.asp Pictures of Tzaddikim's graves in Eretz Yisrael] Yeshivat Tikun HaMidot</ref> In 1950, the American correspondent [[Kenneth W. Bilby]] started his book "New Star in The Near East" - depicting the 1948 war and its aftermath - with an eyewitness account of Sassa: "Face Lifting. The [[Mukhtar]] of Sassa had fled, and his 2000 Arab villagers with him. By November 1949, 120 young American-born Jews had supplanted them, and the old village roosting on a Galilean hilltop had begun to acquire a Western flavor. The Mukhtar's home was being plastered and cemented into a communal shower. Power-driven lathes, imported from the United States, were turning out furniture for the new Jewish settlements which mushroomed in the Galilee. Prefabricated barracks with beaverboard interiors, fresh-painted American tractors, and an experimental windmill which resembled a radar antenna provided more accouterments of progress. Sassa, which had existed unchanged for over a thousand years, was on the altar - an offering, like the lambs of [[Abraham]], for the betterment of the people of Israel".<ref>Kenneth W. Bilby, "New Star in The Near East", [[Doublday]], 1950,p.1</ref> In 1992, the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] historian [[Walid Khalidi]] described the remains of Sa'sa' village: "Some of the old olive trees remain, and a number of walls and houses still stand. Some of the houses are presently used by the kibbutz; one of them has an arched entrance and arched windows. A large portion of the surrounding land is forested, the rest is cultivated by Israeli farmers."<ref name=Khalidi497>Khalidi, 1992, p. 497</ref> The village [[mosque]] has been converted into the kibbutz museum. ==Economy== Sasa operates [[Plasan]], a plastics factory that manufactures vehicle armour. The company, which is shared between some 100 families, is now a world leader in armor protection technology for vehicles. The kibbutz has signed contracts worth billions of dollars with major clients,<ref>[http://www.asdnews.com/news/8201/Plasan_Sasa_Wins_Contract_to_Supply_Personal_Armor_to_Israel_Defense_Forces.htm Plasan Sasa wins contract]</ref> including the U.S. military.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1105326.htm Kibbutz Sasa's Plasan nets second big U.S. military tender]</ref> Other branches of the economy include a dairy, in cooperation with kibbutz [[Tuval]]; a beef herd; fruit trees (kiwi, apple, avocado and grapefruit); Bereshit, a fruit marketing company in cooperation with three other kibbutzim; and Sasa Tech, a manufacturer of technical and home care products.<ref>[http://www.sasa.org.il/ Sasa website]</ref> Buza, a chain of ice cream shops founded by a Sasa resident, runs a branch on the kibbutz and offers ice cream workshops.<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/48-hours-in-the-western-galilee/Trading the Sea of Galilee for the Galilee by the sea]</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Kibbutz Sa'Sa.jpg|Members of kibbutz Sasa in 1948 File:Sasa.jpg|Kibbutz Sasa in 1949 File:Visit to Plasan No.090 (6790567451).jpg|U.S. Ambassador [[Dan Shapiro]] visiting Plasan, 2012 </gallery> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Upper Galilee Regional Council}} [[Category:Kibbutzim]] [[Category:Kibbutz Movement]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1949]] [[Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)]] [[Category:1949 establishments in Israel]]'