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'''Merom Golan''' ({{lang-he|מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן}}) is an [[Israeli settlement]] andorganized as a [[kibbutz]] in the Western [[Golan Heights]]. The kibbutz[[Israeli settlement|settlement]] was established as a settlementkibbutz after Israel [[Israeli-occupied Military Governorateterritories|occupied]] the area in the [[Six Day War]] in 1967. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights [[International law and Israeli settlements|illegal under international law]], but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_The_Geneva_Convention">{{cite news
Kibbutz Golan (later Merom Golan) was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from the [[Upper Galilee Regional Council]] on the site of the abandoned military camp of Aleika.<ref>1967 Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle east by Tom Segev p.574-575</ref>
The kibbutz had the [[List of countries by lowest recorded temperature|lowest temperature ever recorded]] by an Israeli weather station: -14.2°{{nnbsp}}C. The previous record was -13.7C in the [[Beit Netofa Valley]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Golan sees record low temperatures during storm|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/golan-sees-record-low-temperatures-during-storm/|work=The Times of Israel|date=12 January 2015|quote=[[Kibbutz Merom Golan]] on the Golan Heights experienced temperatures of -14.2°{{nnbsp}}C [...] The previous low was reached in February 1950 in the Beit Netofa valley. [...] The Golan Heights were not a part of Israel at that time, and their higher altitude likely would have earned them the original record too.}}</ref>
