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To: steve harris who wrote (278343)3/5/2006 8:19:09 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572159
 
Golan Heights

Arabic: murtafacatu l-jawlan

Syrian territory, now under Israeli occupation, of about 1,250 km².

The Golan Heights are situated to the east of the Jordan River. Today the population of the Golan Heights is principally Jewish Israeli, after large numbers of locals fled the area in 1973. More than 100,000 locals fled to Syria (80,000) and Lebanon (20,000). The number of Jews moving into the Golan Heights is around 75,000 settlers who live in more than 30 Jewish-only settlements, illegal by international law. Altogether, the number of inhabitants today must exceed 200,000.

Golan Heights has been annexed by Israel, and is under Israeli law, but this is not internationally recognized.

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