Golan Heights
Hilly area, southwestern Syria. It overlooks the upper Jordan River valley; its maximum elevation is 7,297 ft (2,224 m). It was occupied by the Israeli army during the Six-Day War of 1967. After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, a UN buffer zone was established between Syrians and Israelis in the heights. In 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan that it held. Talks between the two countries on the status of the heights began in 2000.
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Lying within the ancient county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it consists of a pub (the Royal Oak Heights), some residential property and a church. The church is no longer used regularly, but burials still take place there and the graveyard remains maintained.
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Last updated on Saturday September 08, 2007 at 03:24:16 PDT (GMT -0700)
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