Alonei HaBashan

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Alonei HaBashan
<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />אַלּוֹנֵי הַבָּשָׁן
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Alonei HaBashan is located in the Golan Heights
Alonei HaBashan
Alonei HaBashan
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District Northern
Council Golan
Region Golan Heights
Founded 1981
Population (2014)[1] 359

Alonei HaBashan (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />אַלּוֹנֵי הַבָּשָׁן‎) is an Israeli settlement, moshav shitufi, located in the central Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 359.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[2]

History

Alonei HaBashan was established in 1981. The name, literally "Oaks of Bashan", is taken from the Bible (Isaiah 2:13). "Bashan" is a Biblical name for the Golan Heights.

In November 2012, three mortars fired from Syrian-controlled territory landed near Alonei Bashan. Two exploded in open areas and one fell outside a house but did not explode.[3] In February 2013, a Syrian tank shell landed in the village. Sappers who dismantled it believe it may have been a stray round fired in the course of the Syrian Civil War.[4]

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