Golan Heights

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disputed territory plateau region

The Golan Heights is a strategically important plateau in the Levant, internationally recognized as Syrian territory but occupied and effectively annexed by Israel, and a longstanding focal point of the Arab–Israeli conflict.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Golan Heights canonical 38
Golan 6
Golan Heights region 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
region ⓘ
annexationDate 1981 ⓘ
annexationInstrument Golan Heights Law ⓘ
annexedBy Israel ⓘ
area approximately 1,200 square kilometers ⓘ
borders Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
captureDate 1967 ⓘ
capturedBy Israel ⓘ
capturedFrom Syria ⓘ
capturedIn Six-Day War ⓘ
ceasefireLineEstablished 1974 ⓘ
contains Druze villages ⓘ
Israeli settlements ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
nature reserves ⓘ
controlledBy Israel ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Hermon ⓘ
internationalStatus internationally recognized as Syrian territory ⓘ
territory occupied by Israel ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
monitoredBy United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ⓘ
near Mount Hermon ⓘ
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
occupiedBy Israel ⓘ
partiallyRecapturedBy Syria ⓘ
partialRecaptureIn Yom Kippur War ⓘ
partOf Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
partOfConflict Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
surface form: Syrian–Israeli conflict
recognizedAsIsraeliBy United States (2019 policy position) ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy Syria ⓘ
strategicImportance high ground overlooking northern Israel and southern Syria ⓘ
military ⓘ
water resources ⓘ
UNResolutionCondemningAnnexation UN Security Council Resolution 497 ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber 497 ⓘ
UNResolutionYear 1981 ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab–Israeli conflict → primaryDisputedTerritories → Golan Heights ⓘ
Druze → religiousCenterIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jabal al-Druze
Galilee → hasPart → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan Heights region (disputed adjacency)
Sea of Galilee → borderedBy → Golan Heights ⓘ
Northern District, Israel → includesRegion → Golan Heights ⓘ
Six-Day War → location → Golan Heights ⓘ
Jordan River → sourceRegion → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Hermon area
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → conflictIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
Yom Kippur War → tookPlaceIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
Arab–Israeli peace process → involvesTerritory → Golan Heights ⓘ
2006 Lebanon War → location → Golan Heights ⓘ
Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights → appliesToTerritory → Golan Heights ⓘ
Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights → category → Golan Heights ⓘ
Shami Arabic → spokenIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → hasViewOf → Golan Heights ⓘ
Israeli Military Governorate → appliesToJurisdiction → Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount Arbel → offersViewOf → Golan Heights ⓘ
Israeli authorities → jurisdiction → Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount Berenice → hasViewOf → Golan Heights ⓘ
Transjordanian territories of Israel → modernTerritoryOverlap → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel (Golan Heights area, in part)
Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts → location → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan region
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization → areaOfOperation → Golan Heights ⓘ
June War → tookPlaceIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
Lebanon–Israel border → adjacentTo → Golan Heights ⓘ
Syrian government → claimsTerritory → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan Heights (occupied by Israel)
western Syria → borders → Golan Heights ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Syria
Yarmouk River → region → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan Heights vicinity
Yarden → sourceRegion → Golan Heights ⓘ
subject surface form: Jordan River
this entity surface form: Mount Hermon area
Ramadan War → location → Golan Heights ⓘ
Ramadan War → militaryTheater → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan front
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force → locatedIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
et-Tell → locatedIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan region
Gaulanitis → associatedWith → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan
Gaulanitis → associatedWith → Golan Heights ⓘ
Gaulanitis → hasNameOrigin → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan
Gaulanitis → namedAfter → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan
Gaulanitis → hasCapital → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan
Gaulanitis → modernEquivalent → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan Heights region
Tabgha → nearBorderWith → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan Heights region
Golan Heights Law → appliesToTerritory → Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount Hermon → straddlesBorderOf → Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount Hermon → skiResortLocatedIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
UN Security Council Resolution 497 → concernsTerritory → Golan Heights ⓘ
Green Line → separates → Golan Heights ⓘ
Green Line → marksBoundaryBetween → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israel and the Golan Heights
Dan River → sourceRegion → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golan foothills
Dan River → flowsNear → Golan Heights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Hermon foothills
Bilad al-Sham@ar → containsRegion → Golan Heights ⓘ
subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham
Banias River → locatedIn → Golan Heights ⓘ
southern Syria → historicalRegionOverlap → Golan Heights ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Syria
this entity surface form: Golan