On 26 August 1929 , during the 1929 Palestine riots the kibbutz was attacked by an Arab mob equipped with firearms . The villagers and Arab policemen managed to fend away the rioters . British policemen told the kibbutz to evacuate and promised to take care for their property and the kibbutz left the following day . On 28 August , Arab rioters burned the kibbutz 's barn , uprooted trees , stole corn from the fields and vandalized two gravestones in the kibbutz 's cemetery . It was the only time in the history of the kibbutz it was abandoned and during the riots 16 other Jewish communities were evacuated
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Mishmar HaEmek