Katzrin

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Katzrin (Hebrew: קצרין; Arabic: قصرين, romanized: Qaṣrīn), also Qatzrin, is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council in the Golan Heights, taken from Syria in the Six-Day War. Known as "the capital of the Golan", it is the second-largest locality there after Majdal Shams, and the largest Israeli settlement. It is the seat of Golan Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 8,013. Most of the international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, though the governments of Israel, the United States, and Colombia dispute this. Since 2019, the United States has recognized that the Golan Heights are under the sovereignty of Israel, and since 2026, Colombia has done the same.

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