Tag: Golan Heights
Ammunition-packed pre-1967 Syrian army bunker unearthed in Golan Heights
A Syrian military bunker full of ammunition was uncovered in the Golan Heights on Tuesday by the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Mine Action Authority (MAA).
The bunker was abandoned after Israel captured the region from Syria...
Bennett: Israel to approve ‘national plan’ for Golan Heights
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel would approve a “national plan” for the Golan Heights in six weeks’ time, calling the development of the area a “strategic goal” for the...
US State Department human-rights report returns to using ‘occupied’ territories
The Biden administration returned to using the term “occupied” when referring to the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem in its annual human-rights report issued by the U.S. State Department.
Under the...
Stunning fairytale locations in Israel
A fairytale location, says Israeli photographer Noam Chen, “is someplace you find yourself disconnecting from the troubles of the world, just drowning in the beauty and serenity of the place and forgetting about everything else.”
The...
Report: Obama offered Syria Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights
Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for severing ties with Iran...
Report: Prisoner exchange in works between Syria, Israel
A prisoner exchange in the works between Israel and Syria was reported on Wednesday by Syrian state media and foreign sources.
The release allegedly involves two Syrians who are prisoners in Israel and an Israeli...
Netanyahu to Blinken: Golan Heights ‘will remain forever part of Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office pushed back against U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken over his comments that stopped short of endorsing the Trump administration’s recognition of the Golan Heights in 2019.
In an...
Biden nominee called US recognition of Golan Heights ‘blatant political move’
U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) called the U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in March 2019 as “a blatant political move” to...
For Israeli right, Trump’s Middle East legacy will shine bright
For most of the Israeli right, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel legacy will outshine other elements of his controversial presidency.
Pro-Trump leaders, activists and analysts said that the Jan. 6 mob invasion of the U.S....
New report exposes how Iran is entrenching itself into southern Syria
A new report released by the Alma Research and Education Center has exposed new details about suspected efforts by the Iranian-led Shi’ite axis to build civilian support networks throughout south Syria.
The report highlighted the strategic thinking...