Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An upland region between northeast Israel and southwest Syria northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Fortified by Syria after 1948, the area was captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and unilaterally annexed by that country in 1981, although Syria continues to lay claim to the region.
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- proper noun A
plateau straddling the border ofSyria andIsrael
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- noun a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria
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The Jewish state is carefully watching Syria, where growing unrest threatens to envelop a northern neighbor with which Israel is still technically at war over a strip of territory known as the Golan Heights.
New Tension Roils Israel Joshua Mitnick 2011
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I am currently in Israel, in an area called the Golan Heights, which rests alongside the Syrian border.
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Now at the Begin-Sadat Center he was signaling that he wants to be carried further, all the way in fact, and his non-mention of the Golan Heights was another hint that it's a comprehensive peace he wants America to lead him to ... well, maybe not.
Daniel Levy: Bibi's Baby Step: What Next After Netanyahu's Speech? 2009
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Formerly known as the Syrian Heights, the Golan Heights is a strategic plateau on the border of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
Archive 2006-07-01 Michael Caddell 2006
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Formerly known as the Syrian Heights, the Golan Heights is a strategic plateau on the border of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
Foreign Press Foundation - The Netherlands Michael Caddell 2006
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Kuneitra is also the name of the former Syria garrison town in the Golan Heights, which is now a ghost town.
Imperial Israel? Bevis, Richard 1974
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In 1967, The Golan Heights was the place in which the [[Syrian]] army began its attack on Israel as part of the all Arab plan for the "final solution" of Israel.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Dianne3000 2010
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In 1967, The Golan Heights was the place in which the
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Dianne3000 2010
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In 1967, The Golan Heights was the place in which the
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Dianne3000 2010
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Many Israelis and Americans involved in the process believe that a deal on the Golan Heights could be a way to isolate Iran, one of Syria's closest allies, and to moderate Syria's support for Hamas and for Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group.
The New Yorker 2009
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