'morning star') is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara.

[1] Kibbutz Barkai was founded on 10 May 1949 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Wadi Ara.

[2][3] Economic branches include thermal and acoustic insulation, lamination and packaging: the Polyon Barkai factory; and agriculture: cattle, poultry, avocado and field crops.

Infimer Technologies manufactures a recycled composite polymer that serves as raw material for plastic manufacturers.

Combined with virgin plastic, it is used to make chairs, tables, crates, plumbing pipes and toolboxes.