Results for “Golan”

…the hope, of peace. It was the same problem Yitzhak had faced over the Americans’ misuse of our “pocket deposit” on the Golan. I realized that, having come this far with Oslo, neither he nor the government was likely to back away from approving the Gaza-Jericho accord. But he did...

…size and shape shifted over time. For example, Judah under the Hasmoneans did not include the Negev but did include the Golan. The general locale of Israel is fixed. Its precise borders have never been. Thus, it is perhaps better to begin with what never was part of Israel. Isra...

… his invasion by threatening Israel. He said “all issues of occupation” were on the table — the West Bank and Gaza, the Golan Heights, and Lebanon — and vowed to “let our fire eat half of Israel” in a future war. And we could not assume this was mere rhetoric. Iraq had an arsenal...