Posts Tagged: Golan Heights
What the Golan Heights Can Teach Us About Peace for Israel
Israeli wine has taken the world by storm. And some of the very best comes from the Golan Heights. Similarly, the Gaza Strip during the pre-Islamic...
Lessons From the Golan
JNS.org - I was recently privileged to have been invited to a meeting of the cabinet of the government of Israel. Convened in an open field...
Scars on Middle East Landscape Bear Witness to Past Peace Failures
Talk of Middle East peace is in the air again, as politicians are set to gather in Bahrain to launch the latest in a long...
Recognition of the Golan Is a Practical and Moral Imperative
In issuing his recent presidential decree recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Donald Trump followed the commendable policy pattern he has set of breaking...
The EU’s Heights of Golan Hypocrisy
When Donald Trump declared his recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the UK and the EU predictably hurried to rebuke and distance themselves...
The Duplicitous Double Standard of the United Nations and the Golan Heights
JNS.org - There are 194 nations in the world. Out of those, precisely 193 acquired their territory through the use of military force. That’s how borders...
Why the Golan Recognition Advances Peace in the Region
JNS.org - Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights advances peace by bringing the Arab-Israeli conflict in line with universal norms -- where...
UN Security Council to Meet Over US Golan Heights Decision
The United Nations Security Council will meet later on Wednesday, at the request of Syria, over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over...
Who Wants Israel Out of the Golan?
JNS.org - America’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights is supported by a broad cross-section of the American Jewish community -- with the...
President Trump’s Purim Gift
President Trump’s stunning and, for many Israelis, long overdue and welcome announcement that “it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty...
After Trump Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan, Syria Vows to Recover Territory
The Syrian regime vowed to recover the Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned US President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognize Israeli sovereignty...
On the Golan, Iran Talks, Israel Walks
JNS.org - The Israeli public received a reminder last week about the danger lying in wait in the north, amid reports of Hezbollah’s ongoing efforts...
The Israeli People Were ‘With the Golan’ — They Were Right
JNS.org - Sometimes, the best deals are the ones you don’t make. This week’s news that Hezbollah is seeking to establish a cell in the Golan Heights from...
US Drops Reference to ‘Israeli-Occupied’ Golan Heights in Annual Rights Report
The US State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from "Israeli-occupied" to "Israeli-controlled" in an annual global human rights report released on...
