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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 25, 2023, 5:58 am
Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights
PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’
By ToI Staff
File: Muafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 24, 2023, 5:50 pm
Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response
Muafak Tarif speaks at emergency meeting over controversial project that has enraged Druze living on the plateau
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center-right) meets with Druze spiritual leader Mowafaq Tarif and members of a Druze community council, June 22, 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 22, 2023, 11:35 pm
After Druze riots, Ben Gvir says wind farm construction will pause for holiday
National security minister, who took hardline approach to protests, confirms project will halt for Eid al-Adha next week in a message delivered alongside Druze leadership
By ToI Staff
Druze community members protest against the construction of a new wind farm in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
June 22, 2023, 2:58 pm
Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports
Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a video statement about violent rioting in the West Bank and on the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023. (GPO)
June 21, 2023, 8:24 pm
‘Obey the law’: Netanyahu condemns Druze riots in Golan, West Bank settler rampages
In video statement, prime minister criticizes incidents of unrest, says rioting is unacceptable
By ToI Staff
Tear gas fumes fill the air as members of the Druze community gather with their flags in a protest against an Israeli wind turbine project near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on June 21, 2023. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
June 21, 2023, 3:59 pm
4 Druze seriously injured, 12 cops hurt in massive riots against Golan wind farm
Official warns of ‘intifada’ amid anger at project near farmland; police stress program is legal; protesters said to use live fire, firebombs to try and overrun police position
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)
June 14, 2023, 3:58 am
Syria says soldier ‘severely wounded’ in Israeli airstrikes near Damascus
UK-based Syrian group reports hits on military warehouses belonging to Iran-backed militias; Syrian military source says attacks cause ‘material damage’
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Fighters from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
June 1, 2023, 7:07 pm
Israeli strikes in Syria said to target training base for Hezbollah’s ‘Golan File’
TV report comes after US intelligence officials say Iran-backed operatives were conducting drills at camp for attack on American troops in Syria
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: IDF tank soldiers from the 53rd Battalion of the 188th Tank Brigade are seen at an outpost overlooking Syrian villages near the Israeli border in the southern Golan Heights on May 23, 2022. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 3:22 pm
IDF: Gunfire from Syria aimed at military drone operating along border
Tanks return machine gun fire at source of shooting, a week after army dropped threatening flyers in area
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: IDF soldiers at a military outpost overlooking Syria in the southern Golan Heights on May 23, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 8, 2023, 10:15 am
Hezbollah recruiter in south Syria said to resume activities after Israel nabs spy
Lebanese operative known as Abu Ali said to ply poor Syrians with provisions to enlist them to gather intel for terror group, including man arrested by IDF troops in January
By ToI Staff
Members of the Israel Police Volunteer Rescue Unit work to rescue a 60-year-old man who fell while hiking near Nahal Sa'ar on May 5, 2023. (Israel Police Volunteer Rescue Unit)
May 5, 2023, 9:52 pm
60-year-old killed in fall while hiking in Golan Heights
Complex rescue operation takes five hours and includes deployment of rope system; victim pronounced dead on scene
By ToI Staff
Flashes in the night sky and explosions near the Syrian town of Hader in the Quneitra Governorate, April 24, 2023. (Twitter/screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2023, 2:57 am
Israel said to shell Hezbollah position in southern Syria, drop threatening flyers
Syrian troops warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; names, photos of senior Syrian officer, Hezbollah member shown on leaflets
By Emanuel Fabian
A flyer dropped by the Israeli military on the Syrian side of the border in the Golan Heights, on April 19, 2023. (Twitter)
April 19, 2023, 5:00 pm
IDF said to hit sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Syria, then drop flyers
Syrian troops are warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; small military drone crashes in Syria
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers patrol the border fence with Syria, in southern Golan Heights, on January 29, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 8, 2023, 11:25 pm
IDF: 6 rockets fired from Syria at Golan Heights; military retaliates with strikes
Three projectiles cross into Israeli territory in 2 separate barrages, causing no casualties or damage; residents told to open bomb shelters, stay near safe zones
By Emanuel Fabian
File: UN peacekeepers from Ireland patrol Israel's border with Syria, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 9, 2023, 12:54 pm
Ireland to withdraw soldiers from UN observer force on Israel-Syria border
Irish defense minister says decision to pull its 130 troops from UNDOF made following ‘assessment of sustainability of overseas commitments’; date to be discussed with UN officials
By Emanuel Fabian
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