This paper was prompted by recent events in the Middle East bringing into sharp relief the risks and opportunities emerging from on-the-ground realities that formed in the absence of a national strategy for the Golan Heights. In the fifty years since it was conquered, the possibility of withdrawal from the Golan has never been off the agenda, with the area remaining a “land in limbo” in times of both peace and war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The paper, by Zvi Hauser and Itzik Zarfati, aggregates and lays out all the facts, issues, principles and considerations, in order to paint a multidimensional and multilayered picture that can serve as a vital and effective tool for decision makers in formulating a national strategy for the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See the English summary here<\/a>.
For the full Hebrew paper.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This paper was prompted by recent events in the Middle East bringing into sharp relief the risks and opportunities emerging from on-the-ground realities that formed in the absence of a national strategy for the Golan Heights. In the fifty years since it was conquered, the possibility of withdrawal from the Golan has never been off […]","protected":false},"featured_media":10865,"template":"","article-category":[525],"custom-tags":[714,599,702,555],"ppma_author":[49],"class_list":["post-9332","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article-category-publications","custom-tags-geopolitics","custom-tags-golan-heights","custom-tags-national-security","custom-tags-policy-paper"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n