The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]
History
Merom Golan was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from the Upper Galilee Regional Council on the site of the abandoned Syrian military camp of Aleika,[4] and was the first Israeli settlement to be established in the Golan Heights after the Six-Day War, about a month after the end of the war. Initially, the kibbutz was called Golan, and in November 1968 its name was changed to Merom Golan.
Between the years 1969 and 1973, Merom Golan was shelled many times by the Syrian army. In March 1972, the settlement moved to its current location, and this location also suffered many shellings. During the Yom Kippur War, the women and children were evacuated to Beit HaShita and remained there until the end of the fighting. However, the settlement was also shelled by the Syrians after that.
Geography
Climate
Merom Golan 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.[5]
Climate data for Merom Golan (Temperature: 1995–2010, Precipitation: 1980-2010)
↑1967 Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle east by Tom Segev p.574-575
↑"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.
