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.

Aliases (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 (21)

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

Sea of Galilee → borderedBy → Golan Heights →
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → conflictIn → Golan Heights →
Galilee → hasPart → Golan Heights →
this entity surface form: "Golan Heights region (disputed adjacency)"
Mount Berenice → hasViewOf → Golan Heights →
Israeli authorities → jurisdiction → Golan Heights →
2006 Lebanon War → location → Golan Heights →
this entity surface form: "Golan region"
Six-Day War → location → Golan Heights →
this entity surface form: "Israel (Golan Heights area, in part)"
Mount Arbel → offersViewOf → Golan Heights →
Druze → religiousCenterIn → Golan Heights →
this entity surface form: "Jabal al-Druze"
Jordan River → sourceRegion → Golan Heights →
this entity surface form: "Mount Hermon area"
Shami Arabic → spokenIn → Golan Heights →
Yom Kippur War → tookPlaceIn → Golan Heights →
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