Kela Alon

Kela Alon
Kela Alon
Coordinates: 33°7′55″N 35°41′11″E / 33.13194°N 35.68639°E / 33.13194; 35.68639Coordinates: 33°7′55″N 35°41′11″E / 33.13194°N 35.68639°E / 33.13194; 35.68639
District Northern
Council Golan
Region Golan Heights
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 1981 (original)
1991 (re-establishment)
Population (2015)[1] 224

Kela Alon (Hebrew: קלע אלון‎‎) is an Israeli settlement organized as a communal settlement, in the Golan Regional Council, Israel. Until its depopulation in 1967, the site was occupied by the Syrian village of Qanaabé (Kana'beh), which had about 480 inhabitants.[2] Kela Alon was founded in 1991. It had earlier been established in 1981 as Nahal settlement but the close distance to army regions as well as presence of landmines caused its abandonment at 1988. Initially called 'Bruchim' (Hebrew: ברוכים‎‎), the current name was adapted in 1997.[3][4] A new neighborhood was built in 2003, also known as Mazok Orvim (Hebrew: מצוק עורבים). In 2015 it had a population of 224.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]

The first settlers there were immigrants from the Soviet Union.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Yigal Kipnis (2013). The Golan Heights Political history, settlement and geography since 1949. Routledge. p. 243.
  3. ↑ http://www.golan.org.il/553/417.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.golan.org.il/831/1789.htm
  5. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC. 10 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "U.S. ASKS PAUSE IN MIDEAST TALKS GOLAN HEIGHTS SORE POINT". timesunion.com. November 5, 1991. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
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