Golan Heights News
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Russia tomorrow to meet President Vladimir Putin for discussions that will focus on Syria, the Kremlin said.
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The head of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah movement said Syria will supply his group with “game- changing” weapons and his fighters are ready to support any popular resistance to liberate the Golan Heights.
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Israel will try to halt the shipment of advanced weapons to Lebanon’s Hezbollah from Syria as the militant group attempts to strengthen its defense capabilities, Chatham House Associate Fellow Yossi Mekelberg said.
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The U.S. plans to provide Israel with advanced weapons, including the first export of the tilt- rotor V-22 Osprey, as part of an “iron-clad pledge” to ensure its edge against enemies such as Syria and Iran, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.
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Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has awarded the first energy exploration license in the disputed Golan Heights to a local subsidiary of U.S.- based Genie Energy Corp.
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The United Nations demanded that armed Syrian rebels immediately release 21 UN Filipino peacekeepers who were seized near a post in the Golan Heights.
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Israel fired into Syria and destroyed an army post after gunfire from Syrian territory struck the Israeli-controlled section of the Golan Heights twice in less than 24 hours, hitting an army jeep.
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Gaza Strip militants fired rockets for the second time in less than 24 hours, as Israeli forces vowed to defend residents and carried out the first air strikes on the Hamas-ruled territory since a November offensive there.
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Israel’s military chief of staff warned that some of the rebel forces trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad may soon turn their attention southward and attack Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights.
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Israeli lawmakers approved legislation requiring a national referendum on any peace agreement that calls for withdrawal from the Golan Heights or east Jerusalem and doesn’t win a two-thirds majority in parliament.
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