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Israel Sees Rare White Purim as Snow Falls in Jerusalem, Galilee

This Israeli Found His Happiness in the Company of Wolves

Russia Slams Israeli 'Occupation' of Golan Heights After Jerusalem Supports Ukraine

Winter Storm Elpis Heads to Israel, After Battering Greece, Turkey

Syria and Russia Start Joint Patrols Over Golan Heights

Ameer Fakher Eldin, the director and screenwriter of the film, “The Stranger.”

'We Need to Redefine Our Narrative as Syrians Under Israeli Occupation'

Wind turbines in the northern Golan. The wide-open spaces may be the biggest advantage of living in the Golan, but economically, it doesn't always pay off.

Picturesque but Poor, Israel's Golan Needs a Government Boost to Thrive

The Golan Heights, in 2018.

Israel Approves Mammoth Golan Heights Plan in Bid to Double Population

Israelis enjoy the warm springs of the Bental Reservoir, this week.

The Golan Heights' Hottest Secret Revealed

View of Majdal Shams, The Golan Heights' largest Druze town.

Developing the Golan Heights Is Wrong Now, Too?

A construction vehicle outside the settlement of Trump Heights, in March.

Israeli Minister Shaked: Progress on 'Trump Heights' Settlement in Golan

The Golan Heights, in 2018.

Israel Must Not Forget the Golan Heights Are Occupied Territory Too

The Golan Heights, in 2018.

Bennett Advances Golan Heights Construction Plan in Bid to Double Population

Let it flow: Issa Kassissieh, better known as the Santa Claus of Jerusalem, gets off a kayak on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Christmas Came Early: Meet Santa Claus' Official Ambassador on Earth

A Syrian soldier steps out of the burned courthouse that was set on fire by anti-government protesters in Daraa, 2011.

In War-torn Syria, Uprising Birthplace Seethes 10 Years On

Syrians looking at Majdal Shams from the Syrian side of the Golan Heights two years prior to the start of the civil war.

For the Druze in the Golan Heights, the Syrian Civil War Opened a New Door to Israel

Israeli soldiers on the Syria border.

Who Knew Israel Was Kidnapping Syrian Shepherds?

A supporter holds an election campaign poster of Benjamin Netanyahu during the prime minister visit to Zarzir, on Tuesday.

After Blinken Remarks, Netanyahu Says Golan Heights Will Always Be Israel's

Cows cross a river in the north of Israel as snow falls, January 20, 2021.

Wintry Weather Hits Israel Leaving Two Feet of Snow on Mount Hermon

Some of the 60 or 70 crocodilians at Hamat Gader now looking for a new place to call home.

Iconic Israeli Tourism Site in Golan Heights Falls Victim to Coronavirus Wanted: A Home for 70 Israeli Crocodiles (A Few of Them Don’t Even Bite)

Police in the field where the wind turbines are to be built in the northern Golan Heights, December 7, 2020.

Ten Protesters, Four Police Injured in Clashes Over Golan Wind Turbine Project Ten Protesters, Four Police Injured in Clashes Over Golan Heights Wind Turbine Project

President Hassan Rohani in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 2, 2020.

Iran's Rohani to Assad: Confront Israel 'Until Liberation of All Occupied Lands' Iran's Rohani Urges Assad to Confront Israel 'Until Liberation of All Occupied Lands'

Altar to Pan Heliopolitanos found at the Banias

Altar to Pan Used as Brick in Byzantine Church Wall in Israel Altar to Greek God Pan Used as Brick in Byzantine Church Wall in Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave after making a joint statement in Jerusalem, November 19, 2020.

During Pompeo Visit, U.S. Announces Settlement Goods Can Be Labeled 'Made in Israel' During Pompeo's Visit, U.S. Announces Settlement Goods Can Now Be Labeled 'Made in Israel'

A general view picture shows a security fence near the border area between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights, November 18, 2020.

Israeli Strike Targeted Iranian Unit That Paid Syrians to Plant Explosives on Border Israel's Latest Syria Strike Targeted Iranian Unit That Paid Locals to Plant Explosives on Border

Israeli army forces in the Golan Heights, November 18, 2020.

With Syria Strike, Israel Signals to Iran It Had Crossed a Red Line

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020.

In Jerusalem, Pompeo Says Iran 'Ever More Isolated' After Israel Normalization Deals In Jerusalem, Pompeo Says Iran 'Ever More Isolated' After Israel's Normalization Deals

Massive basalt boulders: Israel Antiquities Authority excavation at Hispin

Massive 3,000-year-old Fortified Complex Found in Israeli Golan Heights

IDF soldiers in Mount Hermon, January 21, 2019.

The Israeli Army Has Enough Enemies. Nature Shouldn't Be One of Them

The site of the church recently discovered in the Banias nature reserve in the Golan Heights.

'Like Pilgrims Left Graffiti': Byzantine Church Built Over Temple Found in Israel Byzantine Church Built Over Temple to Pan Found in Israel. 'Like Pilgrims Left Graffiti'

Fires in the Hermon nature reserve, October 2020.

Israeli Army Training Sparks Destructive Fire in Golan Heights Nature Reserve

The boundary stone naming Nafah in Greek

Name of Israeli Army Base Goes Back 1,700 Years

A shop owner holds a bottle of wine from the Golan Heights Winery as he poses for a photograph at his store in Jerusalem October 28, 2020.

Israeli Golan Heights Wine to Hit Dubai Shelves

The rebuilt Upper Customs House in the Golan Heights.

In Photos: How an Abandoned Syrian Military Base Became a Posh Israeli Hotel

Hezbollah and Amal supporters wave Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they shout slogans against Israel and U.S. during a protest in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2020.

Nasrallah Still Wants Revenge, but Israel May Do the Job for Him

A section of the Israel-Lebanon border, in 2019.

Israel Shoots Down Its Own Drone Over Golan Heights, Suspecting It Came From Lebanon Israel Shoots Down Own Drone Over Golan Heights, Suspecting It Came From Lebanon

A general view shows the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, as seen from the Golan Heights, July 21, 2018.

Blast Along Syria-Israel Border Causes Damage to Building, Car in Golan Heights Town

A scene from the film “Six Days.” It turned out that very few of the battles had been documented on film by official bodies, so they were reenacted.

The Dark Truth Behind the Israeli Army's Reenactment of the '67 War The Dark Truth Behind the Israeli Army's Reenactment of the Six-Day War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveils the Ramat Trump sign in the Golan Heights, June 16, 2019.

Israel Advances New Golan Heights Settlement Named After Trump

An Israeli military helicopter during a drill in 2016.

Israel Reportedly Strikes in Syria for Second Time in One Day

Israeli army tanks in the Golan Heights, January 4, 2020.

Israeli Army Has Ambitious Plans in Case of Next War. Now It Just Needs a Government The Israeli Army Has Ambitious Plans in Case of Next War. Now It Just Needs a Government

Zikim beach, southern Israel, February 8, 2020.

Cold Wave to Plunge Israel Into Sub-zero Temperatures

Israel's Mount Hermon, on February 8, 2020.

Stormy Weekend: Israel's Mount Hermon Shut Amid Heavy Snowfall

Snow descends on Mount Hermon, January 21.

Snow Descends on Israel's North as Sea of Galilee's Water Level Rises

Deer at Moshav Odem.

For Deer in the Golan Heights, Israel's Stormy Weather Is a 'Dream Come True'

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a NYTimes report at a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2019.

Trump Invokes Jerusalem, Golan as Accomplishments in Letter Protesting Impeachment Trump Invokes Jerusalem and Golan as Accomplishments in Letter Protesting Impeachment

The banks of the Yarkon River, northeast of Tel Aviv.

'We've Been Told Israel Is the Most Beautiful Country in the World. That's Not True' 'We Have Been Told Israel Is the Most Beautiful Country in the World. That's Not True'

A pillar that was erected by Greta Britain and France as a result of the Sykes-Picot agreement.

In Search of the Markers That Once Outlined the Mideast

Enlight turbines in Serbia, June 24, 2019.

Israel’s Biggest Wind Farm Gets Trapped in a Bureaucratic Turf War

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara stand with U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at the unveiling of the Ramat Trump sign, June 16, 2019.

Some Golan Loyalist Bibi Is

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador David Friedman unveil the Ramat Trump sign in the Golan Heights, June 16, 2019.

Welcome to Trump Heights, the Israeli Town That Doesn't Exist

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara stand with U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at the unveiling of the Ramat Trump sign, June 16, 2019.

Netanyahu Declares Establishment of Community Named After Trump in Golan Heights

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.

The Name's Trump. Ramat Trump |

The Name's Trump. Ramat Trump: The New Golan Settlement Goes to Government Approval New Israeli Community Named After U.S. President Goes to Government Approval

Footage of the rocket hitting the Mount Hermon ski resort, June 1, 2019

Video Shows Syrian Rocket Hitting Israeli Ski Resort on Mount Hermon

Vulture returned to nature after eating poison spread illegally in the Golan Heights, Israel, May 16, 2019.

Vulture Severely Hurt in Golan Poisoning Released Back to Nature