Ma'ale_Gamla

Ma'ale Gamla

Ma'ale Gamla

Israeli settlement in the Golan Heights

Ma'ale Gamla (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה גַּמְלָא) is an Israeli settlement and moshav located in the west part of the Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 596.[1]

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The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the United States and the Israeli government dispute this.[2][3]

History

The moshav was built in 1975 and was named after the ancient town of Gamla, destroyed in the course of the Jewish–Roman war in the 1st century CE, and believed to be the nearby ruin of Tell es Salam.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "The Geneva Convention". BBC. 10 December 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Proclamation on Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel – The White House". trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. [4]
    Danny Syon, Identification of Gamla, Israel Antiquities Authority.


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