The community was founded in 1970 as a Nahal settlement on land in the West Bank that Israel occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War.

Today it has undergone privatization and is considered a cooperative community, thus no longer belonging to the Kibbutz Movement.

In agriculture, the kibbutz has an orchard of palm trees with an area of about 400 dunams and a coop for raising turkeys.

The industry is derived from the manufacture of Ahava Skin Care products in the local company's laboratories.

In September 2016 Ahava was sold to a Chinese conglomerate, but was not relocated and still offers working places to the community.