Kidmat Tzvi
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Kidmat Tzvi 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...

, moshava
Moshava
A moshava , plural: Moshavot is a form of rural settlement in Israel.In a moshava, as opposed to communal settlements like the kibbutz and the moshav, all the land and property are privately-owned. The first moshavot, described as "colonies" in professional literature, were established by...

, in the central Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel
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. The settlement was built in 1981. It falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council
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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 international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law
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, but the Israeli government disputes this.

Kidmat Tzvi is a moshav in the Northern District of Israel with a population of 375 people.
it's economy based on agriculture - pears and wine grapes. it has 5 boutique wineries which can produce up to 150,000 bottles yearly.
half of the mature population works as a teachers.
in kidmat tzvi the attitude over education and ecological education is very strict.
all of the citizens are secular jewish.

in the village there is basketball court (most popular sport) and soccer court.
a medic care, youth center and municipal building.

golan heights area was taken in the 1967 by Israel from Syria in six days war, and been captured again in 1973 at Kipurs day war. under the Syriain control all this area was suffering from neglection and is was necessary to rebuild everything again.
therefore near Kidamt zvi a poor and abandoned syriain village is located.
as well, there is evidence of jewish synagogue from -500.
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