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A smoke trail of a Patriot missile that intercepted a Syrian drone that entered Israeli airspace from Syria, as seen over the northern Israeli city of Safed on July 13, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 13, 2018, 3:22 pm
Israel shoots down Syrian drone flying over demilitarized zone
In second incident in week, IDF fires Patriot missile at UAV it says was operating in violation of 1974 ceasefire agreement
By Judah Ari Gross
A Syrian military position that was attacked by the Israeli Air Force on July 12, 2018, in response to a Syrian military drone that infiltrated into Israeli territory the day before. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)
July 12, 2018, 1:09 am
IAF strikes Syrian army posts near border in response to drone infiltration
Israeli military confirms attacks on three targets after Syrian UAV is downed over the Sea of Galilee
By TOI staff, AFP and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative image (iStock)
November 26, 2017, 8:30 am
Wrong number: Are Israel’s phone companies systematically overcharging?
Consumer groups report endless complaints from Israelis who say they are mischarged, lied to, pushed into debt, and even stopped at the airport for fees they never agreed to
By Simona Weinglass
A wind farm near Kibbutz Ein Zivan on the Golan Heights (Flash90)
March 25, 2017, 7:30 am
Kibbutz movement to celebrate 50 years of settlements in Golan
Left-wing members protest event, saying ‘celebrating occupation’ is wrong
By JTA
Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.(YouTube screenshot)
October 15, 2015, 8:57 am
Iran’s Soleimani visits Syrian Golan as Tehran bolsters war effort
Powerful head of Quds Force is in Syria to oversee new push against anti-Assad rebels, visits near border to boost troop morale after setbacks
By Avi Issacharoff, TOI staff and AP
A smattering of MKs in the Knesset plenum on May 4, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 7, 2015, 1:26 pm
61 is the loneliest number
Netanyahu may have eked out a coalition at the last second, but papers report his quest for partners is not over as he’ll find it nearly impossible to scrape by with 61 seats
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative photo of exploratory oil drilling near the village of Aderet near Beit Shemesh on Jan 6, 2010. (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
December 23, 2014, 10:23 pm
Golan exploratory oil drilling to begin within the month
High Court throws out petition from environmentalists to stop project, which will drill 10 wells
By Melanie Lidman
A tractor on Tuesday morning at the first site where Afek hopes to begin drilling. A temporary injunction stopped work at the site on Monday night (Courtesy photo: Adam Teva VDin)
September 30, 2014, 7:36 pm
High Court freezes preparation for Golan oil drilling
Temporary injunction issued against Afek Oil and Gas to stop pre-drilling work in southern Golan
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative photo of an oil rig (photo credit: Dwight Burdette/Wikimedia Commons/File)
September 18, 2014, 9:27 pm
Israel’s oil wars shift to the Golan Heights
Environmentalists made headlines two weeks ago when they blocked a controversial oil shale pilot project in the Shfela; largely unnoticed, the same US parent company has won approval for exploratory drilling up north
By Melanie Lidman
An Israeli watchtower above the Druze village of Majdal Shams, near the Israeli-Syrian border (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
September 12, 2014, 7:59 am
Syria, a paradise lost for the Golan’s Druze
As the civil war rumbles on across the border, apple farmers on the Israeli side find themselves cut off from buyers, relatives
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 30, 2014, 4:56 pm
Liberman: Settlers won’t live under Palestinian rule
Foreign minister says Bennett was right to apologize to PM, then contradicts recent leak from PMO officials about settlers in Palestine
By Itamar Sharon
An Israeli soldier directs a tank near the Quneitra crossing with Syria on Thursday.(photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 11, 2013, 5:00 am
Golan heating up, but Israel hoping to sit out Syria conflict
Border battles and the crumbling of the UN peacekeeping force bring the civil war closer, though most Israelis would prefer to stay out
By Ben Sales
Jerusalemites frolic in the white stuff (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
January 10, 2013, 1:53 pm
Soup, sledding and looking up ‘graupel’
Turn a winter of discontent into snowy satisfaction with these cool ways to spend the next few days
By Jessica Steinberg
November 9, 2012, 6:39 am
Syrian boy caught crossing border into Israel
15-year-old bitten by IDF service dog, taken to hospital in Safed for treatment
By TOI staff
A member of the UN observer force on the Israel-Syrian border in the Golan Heights (photo credit: CC BY FreedomHouse, Flickr)
July 26, 2012, 6:29 pm
IDF preparing to thwart influx of Syrian refugees
Bulldozers are operating in the Golan amid concerns over possible rush for the border
By Greg Tepper
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