Odem

Odem (אודם) is a cooperative moshav situated in the northern part of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It is located on Mount Odem, at a height of 1,090 meters above sea level, making it the second highest settlement in what is now Israel. It is surrounded by the Odem Forest. The name Odem signifies "red" and refers to the color of the rocks of Mount Odem, an extinct volcano.

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The Israeli government approved the establishment of the settlement in 1975, and a group of young people occupied an abandoned Syrian military base nearby. Most of these original settlers left, however, because of the frigid temperatures and strong winds. Those that remained were joined in 1981 by a new group, and the permanent settlement was established. The population is about 150 (1993), about one-third of them children.

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The chief industries are a factory that manufactures plastic for furniture and an optics factory that manufactures protective lenses and safety goggles.

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Moshav: Moshav (???? Hebrew, plural: moshavim, meaning ""settlement" or "village") is a type of collective agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the labour Zionists during the second aliyah (wave of Jewish immigration during the 19th Century)...

Golan Heights: The Golan Heights, known to Syria as the Syrian Heights, are a plateau on the border of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. After capturing the area during the Six-Day War, Israel applied its "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to it in 1981 http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+P...

Mount Odem: Mount Odem (, Ras al-Ahmar; , Har Odem, lit. ruby mountain) is a part of an extinct volcano in the north of the Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1100 meters above sea level....