Nov, Golan Heights
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Neot Golan
Neot Golan ( is an Israeli settlement
, religious moshav
, in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel
.
The settlement was built in 1974. 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.
Nov is named after a village on the site mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud
. The Arabs residing in the area called it Nab.
Neot Golan ( is an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
, religious moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
, in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
The settlement was built in 1974. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council
Golan Regional Council
The Golan Regional Council is the regional council consolidating almost all Israeli settlements located on the Golan Heights. It is made up of 19 moshavim and 10 kibbutzim, and other villages...
. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law
International law and Israeli settlements
The international community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal under international law, but Israel maintains that they are consistent with international law because it does not agree that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to the...
, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Nov is named after a village on the site mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud
Jerusalem Talmud
The Jerusalem Talmud, talmud meaning "instruction", "learning", , is a collection of Rabbinic notes on the 2nd-century Mishnah which was compiled in the Land of Israel during the 4th-5th century. The voluminous text is also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud de-Eretz Yisrael...
. The Arabs residing in the area called it Nab.