Three Protesters and Three Police Officers Suffered Mild Injuries From the Clashes, Which Erupted in Response to Work That Began Tuesday Morning to Build Wind Turbines Near the Druze Towns of Majdal Shams and Masadeh, on the Israel-Syria Border
On Dec. 15, 1981, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) enacted a law officially annexing the Golan Heights Syrian territory captured by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. Now, 40 years later, the Israeli government hopes to double the size of.
In the occupied Golan Heights, the population of Settlers and Syrians is approximately equal, but experts fear that a new Israeli project will turn Syrians into a demographic minority on their own land., annexation, Golan Heights, Israel, occupation, Settlerments, Syria,