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.