|
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, 10 kibbutzim, and 4 community settlements. The council headquarters is in the town of Katzrin. The current Head of Council is Haim Rokach. The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967 and Israeli law was imposed there in 1981. They are internationally recognized as Syrian territory occupied by Israel. The settlements in the Golan are illegal under international law. Heads of council * Moshe Gorlik (1978–79) * Eytan Lis (1979–88) * Yehuda Vulman (1988–2001) * Eli Malka (2001–2018) * Haim Rokach (2018–) Shimon Sheves Shimon Sheves (born 16 March 1952, Petach-Tiqwa, Israel) Former General Director of the Israeli Prime Minister's office under the late Yizhak Rabin, during 1992 - 1995. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Council (Israel)
Regional councils (plural: he, מוֹעָצוֹת אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת, ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot''https://milog.co.il/מוֹעָצוֹת_אֵזוֹרִיּוֹת / singular: he, מוֹעָצָה אֵזוֹרִית, ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's local government entities, with the other two being Municipality (Israel), cities and Local council (Israel), local councils. As of 2019, there were 54 regional councils, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinity of each other. Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2,000 in population and is managed by a Local committee (Israel), local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avnei Eitan
Avnei Eitan ( he, אַבְנֵי אֵיתָן) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshavLeadership Yeshiva Academy Campus in the southern , located at an elevation of above sea level. Located to the east of the , it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of . In it had a population of . It is part of the |
Kidmat Tzvi
Kidmat Tzvi ( he, קִדְמַת צְבִי) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the central Golan Heights. Located to the north of Katzrin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Etymology The settlement is named after Tzvi Isaacson, who was president of the Farmers' Association. History The area was overrun by Israeli Army in the Six-Day War and later occupied. The settlement was built in 1981, in the same year when Israeli unilaterally annexed the Golan region and imposed civil Israeli rule on the area. In May 1989, members of the moshav invaded an apple orchard that belonged to a disbanded kibbutz Kela and prevented members of Kibbutz El Rom from entering it. The kibbutz El Rom claimed this orchard too. This invasion finished after some days after an agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kfar Haruv
Kfar Haruv ( he, כְּפַר חָרוּב, ''lit.'' Carob Village) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz located in the southern Golan Heights. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. In it had a population of . Geography The kibbutz is located on the edge of the cliffs above sea level (about above the Sea of Galilee) and east of the sea. History Antiquity A village called Kfar Yahrib is mentioned in the 3rd century Mosaic of Rehob. Ottoman era Later an Arab village, Kafr Harib, existed at the south edge of the current settlement's built-up area. Kafr Harib appeared in Ottoman tax registers in 1596 as a village in the ''Nahiya'' of Jawlan Garbi in the '' Qada'' of Hawran. It had a population of 5 Muslim households and 7 bachelors and paid taxes on wheat, barl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshet, Golan Heights
Keshet ( he, קֶשֶׁת) is an Israeli settlement in the Golan Heights, organized as a moshav shitufi. It was established in 1974 after the Yom Kippur War by young activists near the Syrian city of Quneitra, which had been occupied and subsequently razed to the ground in the Six-Day War.Andrew Beattie, Timothy Pepper, ''The Rough Guide to Syria'' 2nd edition, p. 146. Rough Guides, 2001. Its name is a translation of the name Quneitra ("arch"). In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Geography Keshet is situated near the volcanic cone of Mount Peres at above sea level. It is located just south of Highway 87 between the Keshet Junction and the Bashan Junction. History Keshet was established in the period between the cease-fire and armistice agreement following the Yom Kippur War by national-religious and secular demonstrators who oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kela Alon
Kela Alon ( he, קלע אלון) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement, in the Golan Heights. Falling under the municipal jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council, in it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Ramat Trump is a planned community located near Kela Alon. History Until depopulation in 1967, the place was occupied by the Syrian village of Qanaabé (Kana'beh), which had approximately 480 inhabitants. The area was settled by Israelis in 1981 and is initially Nahal settlement. However, the proximity of military areas and the presence of land mines caused it to be abandoned in 1988. The modern settlement was established in 1991 and was originally called "Bruchim" ( he , ברוכים). The first settlers were immigrants from the 1990s from the Soviet Union. The current name was adopted in 1997. A new neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanaf
Kanaf ( he, כָּנָף) is an Israeli settlement in the southern Golan Heights, organized as moshav shitufi, under the administration of Israel. One of four Golan settlements that overlook the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. The settlement began to be populated in 1991, and had a population of in . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History The establishment of Kanaf was approved by the government in the summer of 1984. In April 1985, members of the settlement group moved to a temporary site at Moshav Eliad for six years. In 1991, they moved to a permanent location near Mazra'at Kanaf (the site of a farm that had about 160 inhabitants when depopulated in 1967). Some of the residents were veterans of the Israeli Navy. Ancient synagogue Near Kanaf, on the west bank of the Kanaf River, are the remains of a Byzantine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispin
Haspin ( he, חַסְפִּין), widely known as Hispin, is a religious Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located in the southern Golan Heights. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History The modern Haspin was established in 1978 at the site of the abandoned village Khisfin ( ar, خسفين). During G. Schumacher's visit to the village in 1883, it was inhabited by about 270 souls, living in some 60 huts. Three-fourths of the village already lay waste or deserted. Haspin now falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. In the village had a population of . ''Yeshivat HaGolan'', a Hesder Yeshiva is located in the town. Haspin (''Khisfin'') is first mentioned in sources describing the military exploits of Judas Maccabeus ('' I Maccabbees'' 5:26), under the name Chaspho. The town features prominently in the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Had Nes
Had Ness ( he, חַד נֵס) is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement, in the Golan Heights. Located adjacent to the Jordan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law. History Had Ness was established by the revisionist Zionist Herut Beitar settlement movement. Home ownership was approved in March 1982, after the Golan Heights Law was passed in 1981. Families began to move there in 1987. It was named after 3 settlements, Holit, Dekla and Neot Sinai, evacuated from the Sinai Peninsula as a result of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in 1979. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this, and in March 2019 the United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. See also *Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givat Yoav
Givat Yoav ( he, גִּבְעַת יוֹאָב) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, located in the Golan Heights. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. In , it had a population of . History The settlement was built in the 1960s and was named for Col. Yoav Shaham, who was killed during the Samu Incident in 1966. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. See also *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 a ... References Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights Golan Regional Council Moshavim Populated places in Northern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1968 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geshur, Golan Heights
Geshur ( he, גְּשׁוּר, ''lit.'' Bridging) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz on the ridge of the southern Golan Heights. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. In it had a population of . Etymology The kibbutz is named after a biblical kingdom which may or may not have been in the same area. History Bronze age According to the Bible, during the time of King David, Geshur was an independent kingdom (). David married Maachah, a daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur. (, ) Her son Absalom fled to his mother's native country, after the murder of his half-brother and David's eldest son, Amnon. Absalom stayed there for three years before being rehabilitated by David. (ib. , ) Geshur managed to maintain its independence from the Aramean kingdoms until after the time of King Solomon. Modern period Kibbutz Geshur was founded in 1971 by Hashomer Hatzair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliad, Golan Heights
Eli-ad ( he, אֵלִי-עַד) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the southern Golan Heights. It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council and in had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights International law and Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History Israel captured the area from Syria in June 1967 in the Six-Day War. In 1968 as a Nahal settlement was founded, and became a moshav two years later. It was originally called El Al ( he, אֶל עָל), "skyward", the same as Israel's national airline El Al (as an alteration of the name of the Arab village of Al ‘Al = "the high place"), and later renamed Eli Al ( he, אֵלִי עַל), before assuming its current name. It is named in memory of the initially successful Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was captured and hanged in Syria. Landmarks Eliad is home to the Château Golan winery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
