Mevo Hama

Mevo Hama מְבוֹא חַמָּה‎
Mevo Hama
Coordinates:
District	Northern
Council	Golan Regional Council
Region	Golan Heights
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1968
Population (2006)	336

Mevo Hama (Hebrew: מְבוֹא חַמָּה‎) is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz, on the southern Golan Heights. The southernmost village in the Golan, it is located 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from the Sea of Galilee at a height of 350 meters (1,150 ft) above sea level. 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.

History

The second Israeli settlement established in the Golan after the 1967 Six-Day War, it was built on a Syrian military base called "Emrit Ez Edeen", from which the Syrians had fired at the kibbutzim on the border (Ein Gev and HaOn). In January 1968, several members of the surrounding kibbutzim gathered and decided to establish a new settlement in the area and in September had settled the ruins of the base. They were joined in In 1971 by several youth groups from Israel, Australia and England. The name of the settlement, meaning The Gateway of, or Approach to, the Hot Springs, referring to nearby Hamat Gader, was given to it by author Mattityahu Shalem.

See also

• Israeli-occupied territories
• Kibbutz Movement