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Golan Heights
/ ˈɡəʊˌæ /
plural noun
a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
Golan Heights
A hilly area on the border between Israel and Syria that Israel seized from Syria after a fierce battle during the Six-Day War of 1967. Israel and Syria have not been able to agree on terms of its return to Syria.
Example Sentences
From there we planned to go to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Half its roughly one million followers live in Syria, where they make up about 3% of the population, while there are smaller communities in Lebanon, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel has seized more land in the south of Syria beyond the area of the Golan Heights that it has long occupied.
Half its roughly one million followers live in Syria, were they make up about 3% of the population, while there are smaller communities in Lebanon, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.
"After almost 60 years of Israeli occupation in the Golan Heights, and two or three generations that have been born and live and work in Israel, we're again looking east," he said.
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