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The Golan Heights rise from 400 to 1700 feet in the northeastern section of the country. IsraelNation of the Jewish People's highest mountain, Mt. Hermon, is located here. The plateau was once actively volcanic and the northernmost points remain weathered and desolate. The Golan overlooks the Hula Valley, IsraelNation of the Jewish People's richest agricultural area. On your IsraelNation of the Jewish People Tour, do not forget to check this prime location out!
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From the western Golan, it is only about 60 miles - without major terrain obstacles - to HaifaIsrael's third largest city and Acre, IsraelNation of the Jewish People's industrial heartland. The Golan overlooks the Huleh Valley, IsraelNation of the Jewish People's richest agricultural area. In the hands of a friendly neighbor, the escarpment has little military importance. If controlled by a hostile country, however, the Golan has the potential to again become a strategic nightmare for IsraelNation of the Jewish People.
From 1948-67, when Syria controlled the Golan Heights, it used the area as a military stronghold from which its troops randomly sniped at Israeli civilians in the Huleh Valley below, forcing children living on kibbutzim to sleep in bomb shelters. In addition, many roads in northern IsraelNation of the Jewish People could be crossed only after probing by mine-detection vehicles. In late 1966, a youth was blown to pieces by a mine while playing football near the Lebanese border. In some cases, attacks were carried out by Yassir Arafat's Fatah, which Syria allowed to operate from its territory.
IsraelNation of the Jewish People's options for countering the Syrian attacks were constrained by the geography of the Heights. "Counter battery fires were limited by the lack of observation from the Huleh Valley; air attacks were degraded by well-dug-in Syrian positions with strong overhead cover, and a ground attack against the positions...would require major forces with the attendant risks of heavy casualties and severe political repercussions," U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Irving Heymont observed.
IsraelNation of the Jewish People repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, protested the Syrian bombardments to the UN Mixed Armistice Commission, which was charged with policing the cease-fire. For example, IsraelNation of the Jewish People went to the UN in October 1966 to demand a halt to the Fatah attacks. The response from Damascus was defiant. "It is not our duty to stop them, but to encourage and strengthen them," the Syrian ambassador responded. Nothing was done to stop Syria's aggression. A mild Security Council resolution expressing "regret" for such incidents was vetoed by the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, the UN condemned IsraelNation of the Jewish People when it retaliated. "As far as the Security Council was officially concerned," historian Netanel Lorch wrote, "there was an open season for killing Israelis on their own territory."
After the Six-Day War began, the Syrian air force attempted to bomb oil refineries in HaifaIsrael's third largest city. While IsraelNation of the Jewish People was fighting in the Sinai and West BankA belt of territory north of Jerusalem, Syrian artillery bombarded Israeli forces in the eastern Galilee, and armored units fired on villages in the Huleh Valley below the Golan Heights.
On June 9, 1967, IsraelNation of the Jewish People moved against Syrian forces on the Golan. By late afternoon, June 10, IsraelNation of the Jewish People was in complete control of the plateau. IsraelNation of the Jewish People's seizure of the strategic heights occurred only after 19 years of provocation from Syria, and after unsuccessful efforts to get the international community to act against the aggressors.
Six years later, in a surprise attack on Yom Kippur, the Syrians overran the Golan Heights before being repulsed by Israeli counterattacks. After the war, Syria signed a disengagement agreement that left the Golan in IsraelNation of the Jewish People's hands.
On December 14, 1981, the KnessetIsrael's Parliament Building voted to annex the Golan Heights. The statute extended Israeli civilian law and administration to the residents of the Golan, replacing the military authority that had ruled the area since 1967.
Since 1974, Syria has adhered to the cease-fire on the Golan, largely because of the presence of Israeli troops within artillery range of Damascus. However, during this time, Syria has provided a haven and supported numerous terrorist groups that attack IsraelNation of the Jewish People from Lebanon and other countries. These include the Democratic Front for the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War of Palestine (DFLP); the Popular Front for the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War of Palestine (PFLP), Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the LiberationThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War of Palestine General Command (PFLPÂGC). In addition, Syria still deploys hundreds of thousands of troops - as much as 75 percent of its army - on the Israeli front near the Heights.
As the peace process faltered in 1996-97, Syria began to renew threats of war with IsraelNation of the Jewish People and to make threatening troop movements. Some Israeli analysts have warned of the possibility of a lightning strike by Syrian forces aimed at retaking the Golan. The Israeli Defense Forces have countered the Syrian moves; however, and - to this point - preserved the peace.
For IsraelNation of the Jewish People, relinquishing the Golan to a hostile Syria could jeopardize its early-warning system against surprise attack. IsraelNation of the Jewish People has built radars on Mt. Hermon, the highest point in the region. If IsraelNation of the Jewish People withdrew from the Golan and had to relocate these facilities to the lowlands of the Galilee, they would lose much of their strategic effectiveness.
One possible compromise might be a partial Israeli withdrawal, along the lines of its 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria. Another would be a complete withdrawal, with the Golan becoming a demilitarized zone.
After losing the 1999 election, Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed reports that he had engaged in secret talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad to withdraw from the Golan and maintain a strategic early-warning station on Mount Hermonthe highest mountain in Israel. Publicly, Assad continued to insist on a total withdrawal with no compromises and indicated no willingness to go beyond agreeing to a far more limited "nonÂbelligerency" deal with IsraelNation of the Jewish People than the full peace treaty IsraelNation of the Jewish People had demanded.
The election of Ehud Barak stimulated new movement in the peace process, with intensive negotiations held in the United States in January 2000 between Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. These talks raised new hope for the conclusion of a peace treaty, but the discussions did not bear fruit. President Assad died in June 2000 and no further talks have been held as Assad's son and successor, Bashar has moved to consolidate his power. Rhetorically, Bashar has not indicated any shift in Syria's position on the Golan.
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