Merom Golan ( he, מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן) is an
Israeli settlement organized as a
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
in the Western
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between d ...
. The
settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel
occupied
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the area in the
Six Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
in 1967. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights
illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
It is located at the bottom of the
volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity. It is typically a bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During volcanic eruptions, molten magma and volcanic gases rise from an und ...
of
Mount Bental
Mount Bental ( ar, جبل بنطل, / ALA-LC: ''Jabal al-Gharam'' / "Mountain of Lust" "Jabal Bental"; he, הר בנטל, ''Har Bental'', "Mount Bental" (lit. "Son of Dew") is a dormant volcano in the North-Eastern part of the Golan Heights, I ...
. The settlement falls under the jurisdiction of
Golan Regional Council
Golan Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גולן, ar, مجلس الجولان الإقليمي) is a regional council that supervises regional services to Israeli settlements located on the Golan Heights. It is made up of 18 moshavim ...
. In , it had a population of .
History
Kibbutz Golan (later Merom Golan) was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from the
Upper Galilee Regional Council
The Upper Galilee Regional Council ( he, מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית הַגָּלִיל הַעֶלְיוֹן, translit. ''Mo'atza Azorit HaGalil HaElyon'') is a regional council in Israel's Upper Galilee region, bordered by the Mevo'ot Ha ...
on the site of the abandoned military camp of Aleika.
The kibbutz had the
lowest temperature ever recorded by an Israeli weather station: -14.2°C. The previous record was -13.7C in the
Beit Netofa Valley
The Beit Netofa Valley ( he, בקעת בית נטופה) is a valley in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, midway between Tiberias and Haifa. Covering 46 km2, it is the largest valley in the mountainous part of the Galilee and one of the lar ...
.
Geography
Climate
See also
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Israeli-occupied territories
Israeli-occupied territories are the lands that were captured and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. While the term is currently applied to the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, it has also been used to refer to ...
*
Status of territories occupied by Israel in 1967
The status of territories captured by Israel is the status of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula; all of which were captured by Israel over the course of the 1967 Six-Day War.
The Sinai peninsula status wa ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights
Kibbutzim
Populated places established in 1967
Golan Regional Council
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
1967 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate