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As volunteers come in droves, Kibbutzim run out of room to house them

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

Tags: Kibbutzim, Israel

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for February 17, 2008.

Each year, youths from around the world come to Israel to volunteer on Kibbutzim throughout the country. There's only one problem: Many of the Kibbutzim have run out of room to house them.

In recent months, the number of volunteers on Kibbutzim has doubled, and Kibbutzim are often unable to provide them with housing.

Even the recent murder of an Ecuadorian volunteer on Kibbutz Ein Ha Shlosha by Palestinian snipers in Gaza has not deterred the recent flood of volunteers.

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For many of these foreign volunteers, the urge to work in the cafeterias, fields, and factories of Israel's kibbutzim comes from a desire to experience Israel first-hand, an experience that will continue to draw young volunteers from around the world.

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1.	KOL HAKAVOD! Being smart enough to come see for yourself	09:09	\|	don	18/02/08

2.	Kibbutzim desperate to prove the need for socialist lifestyle	12:07	\|	Dror	18/02/08

3.	Dror	13:05	\|	ChanahS	18/02/08

4.	No Kibbuztim left to take volunteers	13:47	\|	Yaakov	18/02/08

5.	#1 I SECOND THAT BLESS THEM JEWISH VOLUNTEER	14:04	\|	Petra	18/02/08

6.	Let them go to Sar-El and work at the army base	15:15	\|	Boris	18/02/08

7.	now that`s the life	15:20	\|	cliff	18/02/08

8.	Hey Clickfool, why don`t you volunteer?	16:27	\|	Conroy	18/02/08

9.	I volunteered for a year...	18:57	\|	Sally	18/02/08

10.	Volunteering fot Jews for Jesus movement is so much better..	20:24	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	18/02/08

11.	#10 Yucky Sullivan Jews for Jesus is the worst scum	22:55	\|	Conroy	18/02/08

12.	come see what?for themselves	01:30	\|	fadi(PhonicianBYdna)	19/02/08

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