Had Ness

Had Ness
חַד נֵס‎
Had Ness
Coordinates: 32°55′39.35″N 35°38′32.27″E / 32.9275972°N 35.6422972°E / 32.9275972; 35.6422972Coordinates: 32°55′39.35″N 35°38′32.27″E / 32.9275972°N 35.6422972°E / 32.9275972; 35.6422972
District Northern
Council Golan
Region Golan Heights
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 1989
Population (2015) 827[1]
Name meaning One Flag[2]
Website http://www.hadnes4u.co.il/

Had Ness (Hebrew: חַד נֵס‎) is an Israeli settlement organized as a communal settlement, in the Golan Heights. Located adjacent to the Jordan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 827.

History

Had Ness was established by the Herut Beitar settlement movement. Home ownership was approved in March 1982, after the Golan Heights Law was passed in 1981. Families began to move there in 1987.[3] It was named after 3 settlements, Holit, Dekla and Neot Sinai, evacuated from the Sinai Peninsula as a result of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in 1979.[4]

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]

Economy

Many residents of Had Ness run guesthouses and zimmers.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ New Zionism and the Foreign Policy System of Israel
  3. ↑ The Golan Heights: Political History, Settlement and Geography since 1949, Yigal Kipnis
  4. ↑ http://www.golan.org.il/556/427.htm
  5. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC. 10 December 2009.
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