Golan Regional Council

Golan Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית גולן‎, Arabic: مجلس الجولان الإقليمي‎) is a regional council that supervises regional services to Israeli settlements located on the Golan Heights. It is made up of 20 moshavim, 10 kibbutzim, and 2 community settlements. The council headquarters is in the town of Katzrin. The current Head of Council is Haim Rokach.[1]

Golan גולן‎ מועצה אזורית גולן‎‎
Regional council
District	Northern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Haim Rokah
Area
• Total	1,090,220 dunams (1,090.22 km^2 or 420.94 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	15,100
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
Website	Official website

The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967 and Israeli law was imposed there in 1981. They are internationally recognized as Syrian territory occupied by Israel. The settlements in the Golan are illegal under international law.

Heads of council

• Moshe Gorlik (1978–79)
• Eytan Lis (1979–88)
• Yehuda Vulman (1988–2001)
• Eli Malka (2001–2018)
• Haim Rokach (2018–)

Shimon Sheves was deputy council head in the early years of the council's existence.

Settlements

Name	Type	Founded	Population (2019)
Afik	Kibbutz	1972	345
Alonei HaBashan	Moshav	1981	457
Aniam	Moshav	1978	533
Avnei Eitan	Moshav	1978	725
Bnei Yehuda	Moshav	1972	1,085
Ein Zivan	Kibbutz	1968	370
El Rom	Kibbutz	1971	398
Eliad	Moshav	1968	433
Geshur	Kibbutz	1976	280
Givat Yoav	Moshav	1970	707
Had Nes	Community settlement	1989	810
Hispin (Haspin)	Moshav	1978	2,055
Kanaf	Moshav	1991	461
Kela Alon	Community settlement	1991	319
Keshet	Moshav	1974	799
Kfar Haruv	Kibbutz	1974	434
Kidmat Tzvi	Moshav	1981	499
Ma'ale Gamla	Moshav	1975	557
Merom Golan	Kibbutz	1967	743
Metzar	Kibbutz	1981	299
Mevo Hama	Kibbutz	1968	459
Natur	Kibbutz	1980	713
Neot Golan	Moshav	1968	632
Neve Ativ	Moshav	1968	110
Nimrod	Moshav	1982	16
Nov	Moshav	1974	965
Odem	Moshav	1975	155
Ortal	Kibbutz	1977	343
Ramat Magshimim	Moshav	1968	705
Trump Heights		2019
Ramot	Moshav	1969	552
Sha'al	Moshav	1980	276
Yonatan	Moshav	1978	745

References

1. "מועצה אזורית גולן". www.golan.org.il (in Hebrew).