Israel's plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights …
2 days ago · 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. In the towns and kibbutzim of the Golan, news of the plan to increase the number of settlers was met with a mixture of skepticism, excitement and shock.
Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are …
Dec 19, 2024 · Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shortly after Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted by rebels on Dec. 8.. The capture of the buffer zone, a roughly 400-square-kilometer (155-square-mile) demilitarized area in Syrian territory, has sparked condemnation, with critics accusing Israel of violating a 1974 ceasefire and exploiting ...
Israel grabs land in Syria’s Golan Heights, warns villagers to stay ...
Dec 8, 2024 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered Israeli forces to grab a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, after a lightning advance by...
Locals have conflicting emotions over plan to double Golan Heights ...
2 days ago · 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.
New details emerge on Israel’s actions in Syrian buffer zone, …
Dec 19, 2024 · New details have emerged of Israel’s occupation of a Golan Heights buffer zone since Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad fell from power this month. Assad’s fall also coincided with a change in U.S ...
Israel approves plan to surge settler population in occupied Golan Heights
Dec 15, 2024 · The new plan is only for the portion of the Golan Heights that Israel has occupied since 1967. In 1981, Israel’s Knesset moved to impose Israeli law over the territory, in an effective annexation.
Separated for decades, Assad's fall spurs hope for families split by ...
Dec 19, 2024 · When Israel seized the strategic Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, many families were separated by a buffer zone created between the Israeli-controlled region and the rest of Syria. Some families in Majdal Shams, a mountain town populated by members of the Druze religious community, haven’t seen their loved ones in decades.
Israel to expand Golan Heights settlements after fall of Assad - BBC News
Dec 15, 2024 · Israel's government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a "new front ...
What is the Golan Heights and who controls it? - Al Jazeera
Jul 29, 2024 · What is the Golan Heights and who controls it? The rocky patch of land, which under international law belongs to Syria, is where the latest tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have exploded.
Children and teens among 12 dead in Golan Heights attack that ... - CNN
Jul 27, 2024 · At least 12 people, including children, were killed when a rocket hit a village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights Saturday, Israeli officials said, in an attack that has raised fears of...