Israel’s plan to double number of settlers in Golan Heights met with conflicting emotions
Syrian leader Bashar Assad was ousted after nearly 25 years in power. Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 ...
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Explainer-What is the significance of the Golan Heights?
Israel called the incursion a temporary measure to ensure border security. Following is a quick guide to the hilly, 1,200-square-kilometre (460 square-mile) Golan Heights, a fertile and strategic ...
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Is Israel trying to entrench its occupation of the Golan Heights?
Since the fall of the al-Assad regime, Israel has attacked Syria to deepen the occupation of the Golan Heights. Israeli soldiers with the national flag stand on an armoured vehicle after crossing ...
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What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?
The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus ...
Washington Times20d
Israel’s plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights is met with conflicting emotions
EIN ZIVAN, Golan Heights — A dry mountain wind whipped through a cluster of Israeli flags at the entrance of a kibbutz in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, where the tranquility belies the ...
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Israel's plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights is met with conflicting emotions
Paul Hecht, who at 42 has lived in the Golan nearly all his life, greeted the news with “mixed emotions, to be honest, because I love the Golan Heights the way it is.