A meeting between the leaders of France and Israel appears to have given a nudge to at least one aspect of Middle East diplomacy. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly said he is willing to re-start long delayed talks with Syria. If confirmed, this will be a feather in the ...
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Every year young Druze women from the Israel-occupied part of the Golan Heights marry young men from the Syrian side. Once they cross the divide, they can never go back.
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Caesarea, a city name derived from "Caesar", was the name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire, many of which beat bear different names at present (or might have had alternate names also in the Roman period itself). Among them: Caesarea Maritima/Caesarea Palaestina, Roman provin...
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The Golan Heights were under military administration between 1967 and 1981. In that year, Israel passed the Golan Heights Law,placing the Golan Heights under civilian Israeli law, administration, and jurisdiction. Most non-Jewish residents of the Golan Heights, mainly Druze, refused to surrender ...
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Mariana van Zeller takes a trip to the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, a region that is central to Middle East peace. Unwittingly, she becomes part of Syria's propaganda machine.
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Hi, I’m Kristin Volk on this Wednesday, the 21 day of May, 2008 with a UPI Headline Update. Senator Barack Obama is nearing the finish line for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Illinois senator now has a majority of pledged delegates after yesterday's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon....
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For more information, visit www.honestreporting.com. Until recently, Israeli residents of the Golan Heights could not choose Israel as their country of residence on Facebook, only Syria. HonestReporting launched a Facebook protest group asking to change this. The group amassed 2500 members in tw...
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