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Israel announces plan to double Golan Heights population, drawing Syria condemnation
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made the announcement at a special Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights on Sunday. He said they will invest 1 billion shekels (about $320 million) to make the area a "place that is good to live…
Israel sets goal of doubling number of Jewish settlers on Golan Heights
JERUSALEM: Israel's government set a goal on Sunday (Dec 26) of doubling the number of Jewish settlers in the Golan Heights within five years, a move that could tighten its hold on the territory it occupied in fighting with Syria in 1967.…
Israel approves plan to double settler population in Golan Heights
Issued on: 26/12/2021 - 19:30
Israel's government on Sunday approved a $317 million plan to double the Jewish settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the…
Syria Accuses Israel of Assassinating Official Near Golan Heights
The Syrian government on Saturday accused Israel of assassinating a high-ranking Syrian official who spent 12 years in an Israeli prison on terrorism charges before serving decades in the Syrian government.The official, Midhat Saleh, who…
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, US views shift – Times of India
JERUSALEM: Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 war, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday. In 2019, then US President Donald Trump broke…