Golan Heights | region, Middle East | Britannica.com
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Golan Heights,also called Golan Plateau, Arabic Al-Jawln, Hebrew Ramat Ha-Golan or Ha-Golan, hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley on the west. The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held. The areas name is from the biblical city of refuge Golan in Bashan (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8)
