Kidmat Tzvi
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| Coordinates: 33°1′49.07″N 35°41′55.67″E / 33.0302972°N 35.6987972°ECoordinates: 33°1′49.07″N 35°41′55.67″E / 33.0302972°N 35.6987972°E |
Kidmat Tzvi (Hebrew: קִדְמַת צְבִי) is an Israeli settlement (moshava) in the central Golan Heights with a population of 375 people. The area was overrun by Israeli Army in the Six Days War and later included by Israel under military occupation. 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. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
Kidmat Tzvi is a secular community, with no synagogue. It is a productive agricultural community where chickens are raised and apples, grapes, pears, and cherries are grown. The town contains five boutique wineries with a combined output of over 130,000 bottles per annum.
Near the entrance to Kidmat Tzvi is a memorial, Yad Otniel, dedicated to Israeli Air Force pilot Otniel Shamir, near the site where plane was shot down by Syrian forces during the Six-Day War. His body was only recovered in 1974, and he was buried in his home, Kibbutz Dorot.
References
- ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC. 10 December 2009.
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