The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in southwestern Syria, in the Levant region of Western Asia, that has been occupied by Israel since it was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. The international
Construction of Keshet Israeli settlement, in 1975
Golan Heights
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The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria, the majority of which has been occupied and administered by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. It is bor
Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights
…The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in southwestern Syria, in the Levant region of Western Asia, that has been occupied by Israel since it was captured during the 1967…
Temple of Pan at Banias and the white-domed shrine of Nabi Khadr in the background
Ruins of the ancient Jewish city of Gamla, home to one of the earliest known synagogues. The city was besieged and destroyed by the Romans in 71 CE, during the First Jewish–Roman War.
Church of Deir Qeruh
Reconstructed synagogue at Umm el-Qanatir