Golan Heights

Enlight turbines in Serbia, June 24, 2019.

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

Genesis Wind is supposed to make a major contribution to Israel’s renewable energy mix, but after nine years, the project has yet to get off the ground

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.

Opinion 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.

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

The sign with gilded letters and the dramatic ceremony, just as the president likes, hides the fact that the proposal to establish the new Golan Heights community does not include any actual steps toward building it

Netanyahu Declares Establishment of Community Named After Trump in Golan Heights

Premier calls founding of Ramat Trump a 'historic day,' but the community cannot be officially established until next government takes office

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

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

Proposal will be discussed in Knesset on Sunday, a month after Netanyahu declared he would make the move to thank Trump for his recognition of Israeli sovereignty there

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

Video Shows Syrian Rocket Hitting Israeli Ski Resort on Mount Hermon

Ten Syrian, Iranian, Hezbollah militants said killed in Israeli retaliation for rockets fired at Golan Heights

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

Eight vultures, two jackals and a fox were found dead in the Golan Heights after eating poison spread illegally over the weekend. Only 12 vultures remain in the Golan

A vulture that survived a poisoning attempt in the Golan Heights, being treated at the Ramat Gan Safari, May 12, 2019.

Police Nab Suspect in Poisoning of Golan Vultures, Jackals and Fox

Meanwhile, condition of surviving vulture improves; wildlife groups to lobby for law calling for stiffer punishment in cases of poisoning

The Golan Heights, Israel, May 12, 2019.

Netanyahu Says Plan for New Golan Community Named After Trump Under Way

The community, which would be the first new Jewish community established in the Golan Heights since 1999, is expected to house 120 families in the first stage

Sidqi al-Maqt at the time of his arrest, Nazareth, 2015.

Golan Heights' Druze Expected Their Prisoners to Be Released in Exchange for Israeli Soldier

Israel released two Syrians after the remains of Zachary Baumel were returned from Syria - but did not release prisoners from the Golan Heights because the state identifies them as Israeli and not Syrian

The researchers with the milestone at Moshav Ramot, March 2019.

Roman Milestone Inscription Found Near Sea of Galilee Deciphered for the First Time

Researchers deciphered the name of Maximinus Thrax, who ruled the Roman Empire between 235 and 238 A.D.

President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu after the signing of a presidential order declaring U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Golan, March 25, 2019.

WATCH Netanyahu Says He Will Name Golan Heights Community After Trump

Netanyahu announced he will present the plan for government approval 'soon' as a gesture of thanks to the U.S. president for recognizing Israeli sovereignty there

Maj. Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri with Israeli UN Envoy Danny Danon.

Head of UN Peacekeeping Force in Golan Heights Dies Unexpectedly in Israel

Maj. Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri passed away Friday at the age of 62. The Ghanian national has served as the head of UNDOF since October 2017

File photo: An Israeli soldier stands on Mount Bental, an observation point in the Golan Heights that overlooks the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing, Israel, May 10, 2018.

After Trump's Move, U.S. Will Now Register People Born in Golan Heights as Native Israelis

Official documents will be updated to reflect recognition of Israel's sovereignty over disputed territory

Trump administration's new map of Israel including the Golan Heights.

Trump Administration Releases Updated Map of Israel Including Golan Heights

Unlike the Golan Heights, which U.S. President Donald Trump recognized as part of Israel last month, the West Bank still appears in the map as a separate territory

FILE PHOTO: Israeli government meeting, Jerusalem, 1966.

A Glimpse Into the Obscure World of Israel's State Archives

Cabinet ministers thought that the minutes of the meeting about construction in the territories would be publicized within a few years. But it took more than five decades for the file to be opened, and then almost by chance

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sits down to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, during a hearing to review the FY 2020 State Department budget requests

U.S. Senate Pushes Pompeo to Explain Legal Basis for Golan Annexation. He Doesn't

Pompeo told a Senate hearing he would later provide legal explanation for how annexation of Golan Heights was different from Crimea. The statement he released failed to do so

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a joint news conference following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2019.

Russia, Turkey, Iran Call for Syrian Territorial Integrity After Golan Recognition

Lawmakers from three countries meet in Moscow for special session on Syria

File Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, March 25, 2019.

Lebanon Fears for Disputed Territory With Israel After Trump's Golan Recognition

Despite withdrawing from Lebanon in 2000, Israel remained in control over the strategic areas of Shebaa Farms and adjacent Kfar Shouba hills it seized alongside Golan in 1967

The Nation’s With the Golan, an Israeli Saying Goes. But Government Much Less So

Netanyahu scored a coup winning U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty, but the region’s residents say they’ve been neglected for the last 50 years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the 30th Arab League summit in Tunis on March 31, 2019.

After Golan Recognition, Palestinian President Blames Trump for Emboldening Israel's 'Racist Policies'

Addressing an Arab League summit in Tunis, Mahmoud Abbas said that Israeli policy has led to a situation where 'we have lost hope that peace can ever be reached'

Lebanese President Michel Aoun arrives at Tunis-Carthage international airport to attend the Arab Summit, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 30, 2019.

Arab Leaders, Grappling Regional Rifts, Condemn U.S. Decision on Golan

Arab leaders angered by Trump's Golan, Jerusalem moves

Israelis stand on a defunct tank in the Golan Heights, March 2019.

Legal Experts Debunk Netanyahu’s Golan Heights Claim: Annexation Can’t Be Excused by Defensive War

Trump and Netanyahu declared that the Golan could be annexed because Israel took it in a war of self-defense, but legal experts say this goes against international law – and that the West Bank is another story in any case

People waiting at a bus stop in Katzrin in the Golan Heights, March 2019.

Trump’s Recognition or Not, Israelis Aren't Moving to the Golan

Plans to develop the region have been promoted for decades, but proved fruitless, and it's unclear that Trump's move will do anything for residents

Protesters from the Islamic Action Front and others march with Jordanian flags and other banners as they chant slogans during a protest marking the Land Day in the Jordanian capital Amman, March 29, 2019.

Thousands Protest in Jordan Over Trump's Recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli Territory

The demonstrators held anti-Israel signs and chanted slogans in support of Hamas as part of an annual protest to commemorate Land Day

File Photo: Iranian President Hassan Rohani speaks during a meeting with tribal leaders in Kerbala, Iraq, March 12, 2019.

Rohani Says Iran Will 'Resist' Trump's Golan Recognition

'Trump's decision is trampling on international regulations about the Golan,' President Rohani says

A general view shows the village of Ein Qiniyye in the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, March 26, 2019.

Analysis Why Golan Recognition Can't Pave Way for Israel to Annex West Bank

There are two explanations for Israel's annexation talk. One is trivial, the other is cause for concern

A Syrian soldier stands at a checkpoint at the Quneitra crossing between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and Syria, March 26, 2019.

Syria to UN: Trump's Golan Declaration Leaves Only One Solution – the Use of Force

Germany slams Syria: Its request for UN meeting over violation is 'profoundly cynical' ■ Trump's recognition doesn't violate 1974 separation agreement or UN mandates, UN says

A picture taken from the Syrian town Ain al-Tineh shows the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli- annexed Golan Heights on March 26, 2019.

Golan Recognition Will Promote Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Mike Pompeo Says

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the decision was 'the right thing to do,' despite overwhelming denouncement from Palestinians and Arab countries