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The '''Golan Heights''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''רמת הגולן''' ) ([[Arabic]]:'''هضبة الجولان''') is a plateau on the border of four rival countries in the [[Middle East]]: [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]] and [[Syria]].

The '''Golan Heights''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''רמת הגולן''' ) ([[Arabic]]:'''هضبة الجولان''') is a plateau on the border of four rival countries in the [[Middle East]]: [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]] and [[Syria]].

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in both the [[Six-Day War]] (1967) and the [[Yom Kippur War]] (1973).  Syria insists that the Golan Heights are part of the governorate of al Qunaytirah, and the [[United Nations]] takes the position that Israel should withdraw from that territory.{{fact}}

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in both the [[Six-Day War]] (1967) and the [[Yom Kippur War]] (1973).  Syria insists that the Golan Heights are part of the governorate of al Qunaytirah, and [[United Nations]] Resolution 242, unanimously adopted by the UN security Council on 22 November 1967 takes the position that Israel should withdraw from that territory.

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