Geshur (Israeli settlement)
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Geshur (Template:Langx, lit. Bridging) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz on the ridge of the southern Golan Heights.[1][2] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3] In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
Etymology
The kibbutz is named after a biblical kingdom[4] which may or may not have been in the same area.
History
Bronze age
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Modern period
Kibbutz Geshur was founded in 1971 by Hashomer Hatzair, a socialist-Zionist youth movement,[7] The village was established to the south of the Syrian village of Al-Adaisa, which was depopulated and razed, after being occupied by Israel in 1967. The first Golan Heights vineyards were planted in Geshur in 1976.[8]
References
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- ↑ Who's left in Israel?: radical political alternatives for the future of Israel, p. 106, Dan Leon, Sussex Academic Press, 2004, Template:ISBN, accessed December 20, 2009
- ↑ Geography and politics in Israel since 1967, p. 119, Elisha Efrat, Routledge, 1988, Template:ISBN, accessed December 20, 2009
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- ↑ Hanna Bitan (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem, Carta, p. 19, Template:ISBN
- ↑ The history of ancient Palestine, pp. 397-400, Gösta Werner Ahlström, Fortress Press, 1993, Template:ISBN, accessed December 20, 2009
- ↑ Ancient Damascus: a historical study of the Syrian city-state from earliest times until its fall to the Assyrians in 732 B.C.E., pp. 88-89, Wayne Thomas Pitard, Eisenbrauns, 1987, Template:ISBN, accessed December 20, 2009
- ↑ Ashkenazi, Eli, "On the Golan Heights, people say that all this talk about talks is 'just talk'", Haaretz, May 22, 2008, accessed December 20, 2009
- ↑ Ben Joseph, Michael, "Golan Heights wines are fuel for the soul," Script error: No such module "webarchive". Jerusalem Post, October 25, 2001, accessed December 20, 2009
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Further reading
- Duel for the Golan: the 100-hour battle that saved Israel, Jerry Asher, Eric M. Hammel, W. Morrow, 1987 Template:ISBN
- Zohar, Mattanyahu, "The Land of Geshur Project: Regional Archaeology of the Southern Golan (1987-1988 season)", Israel Exploration Journal, Volume 39, Israel Exploration Society, 1989
External links
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