- Keshet, Golan Heights
Keshet ( _he. קשת) is an
Israel imoshav in theGolan Heights . It was established in 1974 after theYom Kippur War byHapoel HaMizrachi near the abandonedSyria n city ofQuneitra . Its name is a translation of the name Quneitra ("arch"), and is also a Hebrew acronym of "kuneitra shelanu tamid" ( _he. קוניטרה שלנו תמיד), meaning "Quneitra is ours forever".History
Keshet was established in the period between the cease-fire and armistice agreement following the Yom Kippur War by national-religious demonstrators who opposed an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-war line. They initially settled in a bunker in the fringes of Quneitra, but were forced to relocate to an abandoned Syrian farm when Quneitra was returned to Syria as part of the armistice agreement. Four months later, the Israeli government agreed to establish the settlement, and the settlers moved to another temporary location in an abandoned Syrian military camp further west. The settlement at its present location was established in 1978.
Geography
Keshet is situated near the
volcanic cone ofTel Fares at 710 meters above sea level. It is located just south of Highway 87 between the Keshet Junction and the Bashan Junction. Its population, as of 2005, was 524. [http://gis.cbs.gov.il/website/yishuvim/yishuvim_2005/XLS/bycode.xls]Economy
The community's economy is based on agriculture and tourism, and it has a field school and a religious
mechina (military preparatory institution).References
External links
* [http://www2.golan.org.il/ts.exe?tsurl=0.73.16131.0.0 About Keshet] he icon
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