founded new Kibbutzim. In 1949 they set up Bar'am , Beit Guvrin , Nir Yitzhak (named in honour of Yitzhak Sadeh), Palmachim , Re'im , Rosh HaNikra , Re'im and Yir'on . Palmach members were not, however, a unified, homogeneous collective with a single ideology. In the early years of the state