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Mas'ade
Mas'ade (, ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights, Syria. It covers an area of , and in had a population of . It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency in Israel. Since the adoption of the 1981 Golan Heights Law, Mas'ade is under Israeli civil law and is incorporated into the Israeli system of local councils. The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century. Roy Marom, �Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), ''The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arra''f, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 99 (Israel)
Highway 99 is an east-west highway in the Finger of the Galilee in far northeast of Israel and the Golan Heights. It begins in the west at HaMetzodot junction in Kiryat Shmona, and it ends in the east at the Druze city of Mas'ade Mas'ade (, ) is a Druze village in the northern Golan Heights, Syria. It covers an area of , and in had a population of . It was given the status of a local council in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens and have permanent residency .... After it reaches the Banias tributary, the road follows the path of Sa'ar River. Highway 99 is long. Junctions & Interchanges (West to East) Places of interest near Highway 99 * Hurshat Tal (חורשת טל) * Tel Dan (שמורת תל דן) * Nahal Snir (שמורת נחל שניר) * Beit Osishkin Museum (מוזיאון בית אוסישקין) * Banias (בניאס) archaeological site * Waterfalls of Sa'ar River (נחל סער) * Resisim Waterfall (מפל רסיסים) * Odem Forest (� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quneitra Governorate
Quneitra Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, notable for the location of the Golan Heights. The governorate borders the countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, and the Syrian governorates of Daraa and Rif Dimashq. Its area varies, according to different sources, from 685 km2 to 1,861 km2. The governorate had a population of 87,000 at the 2010 estimate. The nominal capital is the now abandoned city of Quneitra, destroyed by Israel before their withdrawal in June 1974 in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War; since 1986, the ''de facto'' capital is Madinat al-Salam. During the Syrian Civil War, most of the portions of the governorate that are not held by Israel were taken by various opposition and Jihadist forces. In the summer of 2018, the rebel-held areas in the governorate were retaken by the Syrian government. Following the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, the resurgent Southern Front dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Ruqqad, Wadi Raqqad in the east. It hosts vital water sources that feed the Hasbani River and the Jordan River. Two thirds of the area was Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and then Golan Heights Law, effectively annexed in 1981 – an action unrecognized by the international community, which continues to consider it Israeli occupation, Israeli-occupied Syrian territory. In 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria, 2024, Israel occupied the remaining one third of the area. The earliest evidence of human habitation on the Golan dates to the Upper Paleolithic period. It was home to the biblical Geshur, and was later incorporated into Aram-Damascus,Michael Avi-Yonah (1979). ''The Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ram
Lake Ram ( and Birkat el-Ram. ) is a crater lake (maar) in the northeastern Golan Heights near the village of Mas'ade and Mount Hermon. History Josephus referred to it as Lake Phiala. The sources of the lake are rain water and an underground spring. The lake has no outlet. It is known in Hebrew as "Brekhat Ram" (also written Berekhat Ram), meaning high pool.The Vilnay Guide to Israel, Volume 2, Beit-Or-Vilnay, 1999, p.298. It is also called Birket Ram, using the Arabic word for pond. The area is inhabited by the Druze community. Many geologists believe that the lake formed inside the crater of an extinct volcano. Archaeology During excavations evidence was discovered of Palaeolithic human and hominid activity. Most notably, excavation led to the discovery of the Venus of Berekhat Ram, a pebble allegedly worked by Homo erectus. The artefact has been claimed to be the oldest known example of representational art in the world. The pebble was found in a context datable to at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buq'ata
Buq'ata (; ) is a Druze town, administered as a Local council (Israel), local council, in the northern section of the Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Buq'ata covers an area of 7,000 dunams (7 km²) between two List of mountains in the Golan Heights, mountains in the Golan Heights, Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda. Located 1,070 metres above sea level, it had a population of in . Granted the right to obtain Israeli citizenship following the passage of the Golan Heights Law, as of 2012 most of the residents, like the majority of Druze in the Golan Heights, had adopted permanent residency but refused Israeli citizenship and instead retained Syrian citizenship.Kerchner, IsabelEchoes of Syria's War in the Golan HeightsNew York Times. August 7, 2012 Buq'ata is one of the four remaining Syrian-Druze communities on the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, the others being Majdal Shams, Ein Qiniyye and Mas'ade. Geologically and ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Qiniyye
Ein Qiniyye or 'Ayn Qunya (; ) is a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied southern foothills of Mount Hermon, 750 meters above sea level. It was granted local council status in 1982. Its inhabitants are mostly Syrian citizens with permanent residency status in Israel (for more about the status and position of the Golan Heights Druze community see here). In it had a population of . History The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century. Ein Qiniyye is one of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, together with Majdal Shams, Mas'ade and Buq'ata. Geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively usually they are lumped together. Ein Qiniyye and Majdal Shams are on the Hermon side of the boundary, thus sitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdal Shams
Majdal Shams (; ) is a predominantly Druze town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, located in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon. It is known as the informal "capital" of the region. Majdal Shams played a significant role in the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925–1927 that was led by Druze leader Sultan Al-Atrash, who is commemorated by several monuments in the city. Beginning in the 1930s, Majdal Shams became involved in political developments in nearby Mandatory Palestine, and supported the Arab Palestinians during the 1948 Palestine war. Since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal Shams along with the broader Golan Heights have been under Israeli occupation, and effectively annexed in 1981, in a move only recognized by the United States. The US recognition was lobbied by Israeli officials. Majdal Shams is the largest of the four remaining Syrian Druze communities in the Israeli-occupied territories of Golan Heights, the other three being Ein Qiniyye, Mas'ade, and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 98 (Israel)
Highway 98 is the primary north-south highway on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights. It is shaped like an archer's bow, and it runs parallel to the ceasefire line with Syria. The route runs from Tzemah junction south of the Kinneret, first through the Yarmuk valley, then it rises up a steep slope into the Golan Heights and crosses it until it reaches the lowest cable-car station on Mount Hermon. There it meets Route 999. Highway 98 is steep compared to the other highways in Israel, rising from 210 meters below sea level at the Kinneret to 1600 meters above sea level on the Hermon. Junctions and interchanges (south to north) Places of interest near Highway 98 * The Kinneret * Hamat Gader * Metzukei HaOn Nature Reserve * Meitzar Stream * El Al Nature Reserve * Iris Grand-dufii reserve * Hushniyya iris reserve * Bashanit Range reserve * A view into Kuneitra across the ceasefire line * Mount Avital reserve * Hermonit reserve * Valley of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quneitra District
Quneitra (or al-Qunaytirah) District () is one of the two districts of the Quneitra Governorate in southern Syria. It is the northern of the two districts, with Fiq District to the south. Part of Quneitra District has been occupied by Israel since 1967, part has been in the Area of Separation of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force Zone since 1974, and part is under Syrian control. The administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ... is the city of Quneitra. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 64,680. Sub-districts The district of Quneitra is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): References Districts of Quneitra Governorate {{QuneitraSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golan Subdistrict
The Golan Subdistrict is an area administered by Israel as a subdistrict of the Northern District. The subdistrict encompasses the Israeli-occupied territories of the Golan Heights, occupied from Syria during the Six-Day War and annexed to Israel under the Golan Heights Law. Thus the region is internationally recognized to encompass Quneitra Governorate, which itself is composed of 2 districts and 5 subdistricts. Towns and administration The largest city in the subdistrict is the Druze town of Majdal Shams, with a population of circa 11.5 thousand. The largest Israeli settlement in the subdistrict is the town of Katzrin, with a population of c. 8 thousand. Most localities in the subdistrict are organized as part of the Golan Regional Council, with the exception of six towns which are run as separate local councils. These are Katzrin, the four Druze towns - Buq'ata, Ein Qiniyye, Majdal Shams and Mas'ade -, and the southern part of the Alawite town of Ghajar. History Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona () is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanon, Lebanese border. In it had a population of . Located near the Blue Line (withdrawal line), Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city. Etymology Kiryat Shmona was named after eight Jewish militiamen, commanded by Joseph Trumpeldor, who had fallen in the 1920 Battle of Tel Hai during the Franco-Syrian War adjacent to the new town. It had originally been named ''Kiryat Yosef'' for Trumpeldor before the name was changed to Kiryat Shmona in June 1950. History Kiryat Shmona was established in 1949 on the site of the former Palestinians, Palestinian village Al-Khalisa, whose inhabitants had fled after Safed was taken by the Haganah during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and an attempt by the village to come to an agreement with the Jewish authorities was rejected. Initially the empty houses of Al-Khalisa were used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
