Merom Golan Explained

Merom Golan
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Foundation:14 July 1967
Region:Golan Heights
District:north
Council:Golan
Affiliation:Kibbutz Movement
Pushpin Map:Syria Golan#Israel Golan
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Coordinates:33.1333°N 35.7758°W
Website:merom-golan.org.il

Merom Golan (Hebrew: מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Western Golan Heights. The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]

It is located at the bottom of the volcanic crater[2] of Mount Bental. The settlement falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. 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 on the site of the abandoned military camp of Aleika.[3]

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.[4]

Geography

Climate

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Geneva Convention. BBC. 10 December 2009.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-12-07 . 2019-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624165935/http://www.israel-tours-hotel.com/israel/details_site_tiyol.php%3Fts_id%3D25 . dead .
  3. 1967 Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle east by Tom Segev p.574-575
  4. News: Golan sees record low temperatures during storm. The Times of Israel. 12 January 2015. Kibbutz Merom Golan on the Golan Heights experienced temperatures of -14.2°C [...] The previous low was reached in February 1950 in the Beit Netofa valley. [...] The Golan Heights were not a part of Israel at that time, and their higher altitude likely would have earned them the original record too..