Ein Zivan is an Israeli settlement

Israeli settlement

An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...

 and a kibbutz

Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...

 in the northern Golan Heights under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council

Golan Regional Council

The Golan Regional Council is the regional council consolidating almost all Israeli settlements located on the Golan Heights. It is made up of 19 moshavim and 10 kibbutzim, and other villages...

. The kibbutz was founded in 1968. Today 50 families live there. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law

International law and Israeli settlements

The international community considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal under international law, but Israel maintains that they are consistent with international law because it does not agree that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to the...

, but the Israeli government disputes this.

Economy

Chocolatier Carina Chaplinsky, a new immigrant

Oleh

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 from Argentina

Argentina

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, runs a chocolate business at the kibbutz that includes a factory, a boutique outlet, a workshop and tasting rooms. The Pelter Winery

Pelter Winery

Pelter Winery is an Israeli winery established in 2005 by Tal Pelter. Headquartered in Tzofit, the winery itself is located in Ein Zivan, an Israeli settlement and Kibbutz on the Golan Heights.-History:...

, established in 2002, is also located at Ein Zivan. The winery produced 80,000 bottles in 2009. Winemaker Tal Pelter has been hailed by Haaretz

Haaretz

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wine critic Daniel Rogov as a "rising star." Ein Zivan also runs a bed and breakfast establishment, Lan BaGolan.

See also

• Israeli-occupied territories
  Israeli-occupied territories
  The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories which have been designated as occupied territory by the United Nations and other international organizations, governments and others to refer to the territory seized by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria...
  
  
• Israeli wine
  Israeli wine
  Israeli wine is produced by hundreds of wineries, ranging in size from small boutique enterprises to large companies producing over ten million bottles per year. Wine has been produced in the Land of Israel since biblical times. In 2009, Israeli wine exports totaled over $22 million...
  
  
• Commune
  Commune
  Commune may refer to:In society:* Commune, a human community in which resources are shared* Commune , a township or municipality* One of the Communes of France* An Italian Comune...