TRUMP HEIGHTS, Israel — Israelis are lining up in droves to settle down in a burgeoning Golan Heights settlement named after former and soon-to-be-again President Donald Trump. Roughly 50 to 100 ...
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 ...
At the end of a winding road on a dusty hillside in the Israeli-annexed Golan, the yellow gates of Trump Heights slowly open for cars, passing a golden-lettered sign honouring the US president-elect.
About 50,000 people currently live there, roughly half of them Israeli settlers and the other half Arab Druze, a religious minority spread among Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Golan Heights.
Israel has occupied most of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau, since 1967 and annexed that area in 1981, a move recognised only by the United States. The occupied Golan is home to around ...
Following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Damascus, Israel's military advances into Syria have raised alarm. Initially, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had stated that the advances were ...
Israel plans to double the numbers of settlers in the occupied Golan Heights in Syria despite repeated calls to withdraw its troops from the land it seized after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
Israel's plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights is met with conflicting emotions
About 50,000 people currently live there, roughly half of them Israeli settlers and the other half Arab Druze, a religious minority spread among Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Golan Heights.
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