Metzer
Metzer is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Green Line to the north of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of.
Etymology
The Government Naming Committee mentioned Psalm 118:5. Metzar or metsar has the meaning of something tight, and figuratively of trouble. The Naming Committee referred to the fact that the kibbutz bordered the territory of Jordan, with the border being just 500 meters from the centre of the kibbutz represented by the dining hall.History
The kibbutz was founded on 8 September 1953 by a garinof 128 immigrants from Argentina who belonged to the Hashomer Hatzair movement. In 1964 and 1967 it received new members from Israeli nuclei. The kibbutz belongs to the National Kibbutz Movement.
The founders were trained at Kibbutz Merhavia and layer at other kibbutzim - Ga'aton, Sa'ar, Gat and HaMa'apil.
In November 2002, during the Second Intifada, a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons. The perpetrator, Sirhan Sirhan, was killed a year later by the Yamam special police unit.