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DEFSTRAT Briefing: The Golan Heights
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Jurisdiction: Israel (disputed by Syria and Lebanon) Dominant Languages: Arabic, Hebrew Population: (2005 estimate) 4,000 (human, halflings, elves, gnomes, goblinoids). This figure does not include soldiers in the region. Key Points: • Controlled by Israel since the 1967 Six Day War, the area is a natural plateau that offers a military advantage to whoever controls it. • The region represents about 50% of Israel’s water supply. • Non-Jewish population is pro-Syrian, pro-Baalian. Syria offers free schooling to residents, while Israel offers citizenship. Few non-Jews have taken up citizenship (at least partially the fault of the lack of rights that a non-Taiist citizen receives anyway). • A UN peacekeeping force (500 soldiers) maintains a presence in a buffer zone between the Golan Heights and Syria. • The area is a high suppression zone for teleportation, flight, and appearance altering magicks. • Israeli forces fluctuate, but are usually held at approximately 2,000. The fortress at Nimrod and the town of Qazrin both house stable teleportation entries for Israeli forces, meaning that Israel can begin to reinforce the area quickly. Additionally, forces within the Golan Heights include a comparatively large portion of eagleriders (some 100 with mounts) and priests (numbers unknown). • Syrian forces have increased in recent months, to above 4,000 on the Eastern side of the buffer zone. Israel has not
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increased troops in Golan in response. Lebanon’s claim to a portion of the Golan in the Northwest has not been recognized by Syria, highlighting Syria’s attitude that Lebanon should not be an independent state. While Lebanon as a state would be unlikely to support a Syrian campaign in the Golan Heights, Baalite extremist groups such as Hizbaalia are generally considered to be sufficiently pro-Syria and anti-Israel as to constitute a (very minor) ally for Syria in the region. Syria has recently opened wider channels of diplomatic relations with Israel, in contrast to the military buildup. Analysts suggest that the buildup may be the prelude to renewed negotiations over the territory rather than a military conflict.
Note: Towns in blue are Jewish communities.
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Jurisdiction: Israel (disputed by Syria and Lebanon) Dominant Languages: Arabic, Hebrew Population: (2005 estimate) 4,000 (human, halflings, elves, gnomes, goblinoids). This figure does not include soldiers in the region. Key Points: • Controlled by Israel since the 1967 Six Day War, the area is a natural plateau that offers a military advantage to whoever controls it. • The region represents about 50% of Israel’s water supply. • Non-Jewish population is pro-Syrian, pro-Baalian. Syria offers free schooling to residents, while Israel offers citizenship. Few non-Jews have taken up citizenship (at least partially the fault of the lack of rights that a non-Taiist citizen receives anyway). • A UN peacekeeping force (500 soldiers) maintains a presence in a buffer zone between the Golan Heights and Syria. • The area is a high suppression zone for teleportation, flight, and appearance altering magicks. • Israeli forces fluctuate, but are usually held at approximately 2,000. The fortress at Nimrod and the town of Qazrin both house stable teleportation entries for Israeli forces, meaning that Israel can begin to reinforce the area quickly. Additionally, forces within the Golan Heights include a comparatively large portion of eagleriders (some 100 with mounts) and priests (numbers unknown). • Syrian forces have increased in recent months, to above 4,000 on the Eastern side of the buffer zone. Israel has not
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increased troops in Golan in response. Lebanon’s claim to a portion of the Golan in the Northwest has not been recognized by Syria, highlighting Syria’s attitude that Lebanon should not be an independent state. While Lebanon as a state would be unlikely to support a Syrian campaign in the Golan Heights, Baalite extremist groups such as Hizbaalia are generally considered to be sufficiently pro-Syria and anti-Israel as to constitute a (very minor) ally for Syria in the region. Syria has recently opened wider channels of diplomatic relations with Israel, in contrast to the military buildup. Analysts suggest that the buildup may be the prelude to renewed negotiations over the territory rather than a military conflict.
Note: Towns in blue are Jewish communities.
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