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Golan Heights

Thomas Friedman and His Mideast Blind Spots

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 03.19.2010 | World


Sharmine Narwani

Nothing annoys me more about New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman than his tendency to scuttle his occasionally insightful commentary with fabrica...

Syria Must Be a Top Priority

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.17.2010 | World


Alon Ben-Meir

As the US finally announced that it is reinstating an ambassador to Syria, Israel needs to consider some gestures to ease the negative attention it has received and start looking to the North to resolve its own disputes with Syria.

Israeli MPs pass referendum bill

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 03.18.2010 | Home


Knesset approves first reading of a law to pull out from east Jerusalem and Golan Heights....

Arab Responsibility, Not Rhetoric

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 11.22.2009 | World


Edgar M. Bronfman

After decades of using the plight of the Palestinians as a useful stick with which to beat the West and as an excuse for their own domestic illegitimacies, Arab leaders finally need to be held to account.

No Golan Heights Pullout For Syria Peace: Netanyahu Aide

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israel will not withdraw from the entire Golan Heights in return for a peace deal with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's to...

Iran and the Syrian Gambit

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


Howard Schweber

For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.

Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Withdraw From Golan

Haaretz | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of Russian-language reporters Thursday that Israel will never withdraw from the Golan Heights. ...

Disaster Tourism at the Edge of the Golan Heights

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


Freddy Deknatel

Today the curious traveler can get a government tour after securing an easy permit in Damascus. It is perhaps the best and most disturbing example of disaster tourism in the Middle East.

News From the Muddled East

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


Murray Fromson

Resolution of the Golan Heights problem could lead to a settlement of other thorny issues that are part of the Middle East process.

Sy Hersh: Syria Still Wants Peace With Israel, Despite Gaza Operation

The New Yorker | Seymour M. Hersh | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


When the Israelis' controversial twenty-two-day military campaign in Gaza ended, on January 18th, it also seemed to end the promising peace talks betw...

Golan Heights Apples Seen As Sign Of Peace To Come

Institute For War And Peace | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


When Hala al-Safadi bit into the apple, she felt as though she had been instantly transported back to her home town, which she left for good nine year...

Understanding Syrian Rapprochement: Optimists Versus Cynics

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

Underlying the prospect for renewed diplomacy with Damascus is the universally accepted possibility that Assad will merely feign peace efforts without ever following through -- for which he, and his father before him, are notorious.

It's About Occupation

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 01.06.2009 | World


Freddy Deknatel

My old landlord in Damascus is from the Golan. Christian, he fled with his wife and children from Quneitra, the region's capital, after the city fell ...

Israel's Peace Offensive

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


Alon Ben-Meir

As the dynamics in the Middle East shift in response to Iraq and Iran's nuclear movements, Israel has conceded that peace with Syria holds the key to rapprochement with the rest of the Arab world.

The Taming of the Lion

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

Syria claims that Israel has made an offer to withdraw from the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace deal with Damascus. This is particularly intriguing.