Golan Heights
The Golan Heights is a plateau and a disputed land between Syria and Israel, which captured the area in the Six Day War of 1967.[6] The United Nations has voted to ask Israel to pull its troops out of the Golan Heights.[7] Syria and Israel still have not signed a peace treaty from that war, mostly because of the issue of the Golan. They almost reached a peace deal but they could not agree on where to draw the line, and what Syria would have to do in return.[8] The Golan Heights and Mount Hermon was annexed by Israel in 1981. On the western edge of the Golan Heights is a range of dormant and extinct volcanos.
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هضبة الجولان רמת הגולן | |
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 Location of the Golan Heights | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′54″N 35°44′58″E / 32.98167°N 35.74944°ECoordinates: 32°58′54″N 35°44′58″E / 32.98167°N 35.74944°E | |
| Status | Internationally recognized as Syrian territory occupied by Israel;[note 1] see Status of the Golan Heights. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,800 km2 (700 sq mi) |
| • Occupied by Israel | 1,200 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| • Controlled by Syrian Arab Republic (including de jure 235 km2 (91 sq mi) UNDOF control zone) | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 2,814 m (9,232 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −212 m (−695.5 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,000–49,700 |
| • Arabs | 20,000–25,700 |
| • Israeli Jewish settlers | 20,000–22,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
In January 2013, the Israeli government said it planned to build a wall along the eastern edges of the Golan Heights, on its ceasefire line with Syria.[9]
Maps
Golan Heights Media
Nimrod Fortress, built by the Ayyubids and hugely enlarged by the Mamluks
Sykes–Picot Agreement map signed 8 May 1916 showing the Golan Heights in area "A", an independent Arab state in the French sphere of influence.
Boundary changes in the area of the Golan Heights in the 20th century
Minefield warning sign in the Golan
Israeli children in a bomb shelter at Kibbutz Dan during the Six-Day War
Golan Heights wind farm on Mount Bnei Rasan
Israeli soldiers of the Alpinist Unit are dispatched to Mount Hermon
Overview of UN zone and Syrian controlled territory from the Golan Heights
References
- ↑ Trump signs decree recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 25 March 2019
- ↑ Lee, Matthew; Riechmann, Deb (2019-03-25). "Trump signs declaration reversing US policy on Golan Heights". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ↑ Israel to send 250,000 settlers to occupied Golan
- ↑ Statistical Abstract of Israel 2018, 2.17. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ Golan Heights profile 25 March 2019 BBC
- ↑ "Golan Heights". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved on 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Profile: Golan Heights". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ↑ "The Syrian Golan". Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ Israel becomes a fortress nation as it walls itself off from the Arab Spring, NBC News, March 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Profile: Golan Heights". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
Notes
- ↑ The United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in March 2019. The US is the first country to recognize the Golan as Israeli territory, while the rest of the international community still considers it Syrian territory occupied by Israel[1][2]
Other websites
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Golan Heights |
- Israeli community portal Archived 2014-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
- The Syrian Golan Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine – Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations
- Gaulonitis in the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)
- What is the dispute over the Golan Heights? Archived 2013-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- A View From Damascus: Internal Refugees From Golan’s 244 Destroyed Syrian Villages from Washington Report
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