| has gloss | eng: Mishmar David (, lit. David's Guard) is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council and had a population of 197 in 2006. In 2003 it became the first kibbutz to be privatised. it was converted to a communal settlement, the first kibbutz to do so. The kibbutz had debts of £18 million, and would sell a chunk of land to build 350 new homes, whilst the rest of the land was returned to the state. Each kibbutz member was given shares in the printing press business. The discovery included a never-seen-before round building dated to the Byzantine-Islamic period, with a diameter of around 10 metres and a polychrome mosaic floor covered with geometric patterns and a palm tree motif. |
