Tag: Golan Heights
Ancient Golan Heights stone marker finally deciphered
A large stone artifact which once served as a decoration in the garden of a home in Moshav Ramot has been identified as a rare Roman-era milestone inscribed with the name of Roman emperor...
Netanyahu wants new area in Golan named after Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he will ask his government to vote on a measure to name a new neighborhood in the Golan after U.S. President Donald Trump, who last...
U.S. publishes first official map showing the Golan Heights as part of Israel
Amid swirling speculation about the Trump administration’s so-called “deal of the century” for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on Tuesday urged patience before its...
![By U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/President_Trump_at_the_Israel_Museum._Jerusalem_May_23_2017_President_Trump_at_the_Israel_Museum._Jerusalem_May_23_2017_34460983290-324x235.jpg "Trump’s clear view of the Golan Heights")
Trump’s clear view of the Golan Heights
The Middle East is vast, and within it Israel is no more than a speck, a shard, a sliver clinging to the easternmost shore of the Mediterranean Sea. At present, it is the only...
Of compromise and betrayal: From the Golan to Brexit
Two current sources of uproar tie Britain, the United States and Israel into a matrix of hypocrisy, double standards and spinelessness.
The first was the welcome announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States...
IDF commander who saved the Golan Heights from the Syrians has a message for...
If ever there was a counterpart to the biblical story of young David facing Goliath, the Yom Kippur War was just that. Avigdor Kahalani, now 74 and a modern-day David, was commander of a...
Capsule history of the Golan Heights
Long before the mid-7th century CE Muslim/Arab Conquest of the eastern Mediterranean coast, known as the Levant, the Jews inhabited the area known today as the Golan Heights. Modern-day Ramat ha Golan (Golan Heights...
Greenblatt: Golan vital to Israel’s security, recognition not linked to elections
U.S. special envoy for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt said on Thursday it is “cynical” to label this week’s U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as a move to boost Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
US to update maps to display Golan as belonging to Israel
The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it will update its maps to reflect the Trump administration’s move this week to officially recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
A department spokesperson told Voice of America...
What to make of a historic pro-Israel presidency
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said something last week timed to the Jewish holiday Purim that made a lot of people snicker. When asked by an interviewer by the Christian Broadcasting Network if U.S....