The kvutza, or 'group', was established within the Kinneret Farm in 1913 by a small number of idealistic pioneers who believed in the communal way of life and sharing all material goods.

The cargo was transported across the Shatt al-Arab waterway to the Iranian side, and from there through the Suez Canal to Cyprus, where it was put on board a ship to Haifa.

[6] In 1912, the pioneers at the Kinneret Farm and Degania[7] were joined by ten Yemenite Jewish families who worked in draining swamps, as also in growing vegetables.

Once the Motor House was transformed into a museum in 1994, a plaque placed there and commemorating the Yemenite pioneers was removed by kibbutz members; the ensuing legal battle was ongoing as of 2009.

It was used for burials not only by the inhabitants of the moshava, the kibbutz, and the training farm which all share the same name, Kinneret, but also for pioneers and leaders of the wider Labour Zionist movement.