Un-recognizing Israeli sovereignty in the Golan.

No longer looking to Syria.

A visit to the Golan.

A favorite motif in Jewish art.

Hidden in the midst of the Muslim invasion.

Civil war has “smashed the idea of a Syrian nation.”

Israelis remember specific individuals; American Jews experience a sense of collective loss.

It’s only a matter of time before Israel is expected to open negotiations with Syria.

Squashing the rebellion where it began.

Mixed messages could lead to war.

A spurious pretext for fighting Israel.

As civil war rages in Syria, social pressure among Druze fades.

Bashar al-Assad was never capable of taking a different path.

A not-unprecedented trip to the Golan and a stop at a legal settlement.