There is a small museum in the kibbutz about its history and the period between 1948 and 1967.[3] Its name was adapted from the Arabic name for the area, Tell al-Qasr, and also symbolises agriculture. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion refused to accept the name, insisting that it should be called Beit Katzir because it was not a real tell. However, after the kibbutz's secretariat noted that Tel Aviv was not a real tell, and that Ramat Gan (lit. Garden Heights) was not hilly, they eventually won recognition of their preferred name.
The kibbutz stands 2 km east of the site, and on the traditional village lands, of the depopulated Palestinian village of Samakh.[2][4]
Eli Hurvitz (1932–2011), industrialist; chairman of the board and former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Mark Regev (born 1960), formerly Mark Freiberg, is the official spokesperson for the Prime Minister of Israel. In 1982 he emigrated to Israel and lived and worked at kibbutz Tel Katzir.