The Rural Settlement Department founded
the Kinneret agricultural farm - its first such endeavor, in 1908.
The farm, situated 8 kilometers south of Tiberias, helped many of
the kibbutzim in the region develop. Moshava Kinneret was founded
the following year, with Kibbutz Kinneret founded in 1913.
Moshava Kinneret presently numbers 376 residents,
with Kibbutz Kinneret, a settlement in the Jordan Valley Regional
Council, numbering 664 residents.
