Word: merom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which were leaked last week to the daily Ma'ariv, calls for 30 new settlements and three urban centers in the western half of the occupied territory, cutting off the main Arab population centers from Israel. Speaking last week at the tenth anniversary of the settlement of Merom Golan on the Golan Heights, Sharon elaborated on that theme, declaring that Israel should settle 2 million Jews in territories extending from the Golan to Sharm el Sheikh at the southern tip of Sinai over the next 20 years...
...hundred meters away, behind the crest of Bental, another of the hills, is Merom Golan, one of the 17 Israeli settlements in the Golan. Begun a month after the end of the Six-Day War, Merom Golan now has a population of 300, including 100 children. We passed homes under construction. Each house, finished or not, had its red-and-black-striped bomb shelter. When the war erupted last October, the settlement was evacuated. After four days the men returned to work the land. This year they will harvest the first fruits of the apple and plum trees...