Natur

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Natur is an Israeli settlement and mixed secular-religious moshav in the southern Golan Heights. It is located near one of the region’s largest streams, Nahal Samakh, and about 10 kilometers from Lake Kinneret. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disagrees. The settlement was founded as a kibbutz in 1980 by members of the Hashomer Hatzair movement, amid internal debates about settlement in the region. In December 2007, it was transformed into a moshav due to financial difficulties and the inability to attract new residents; at its peak as a kibbutz, it had only about 30 members. This transformation made Natur one of only three kibbutzim in Israel's history to convert into a cooperative moshav, alongside Masu'ot Yitzhak and Bnei Darom in the Lachish region during the 1950s and 1960s. Today, Natur is home to both religious and secular families, with a population of 1000 as of 2024.