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7/29/13, "On the Golan Heights – The Battle of Tel Saki," Legal Insurrection, William a. Jacobson
"Another in my ongoing posts from Israel:
We spent the day on the Golan Heights and the Lebanese border near
Metula. We were accompanied by my good friend from Moscow days who I
mentioned in a prior post. We were led by Hadar Sela of BBC Watch blog, who lives on the Golan and has an amazing knowledge of the topography, history, people, and politics.
I had intended to do one blog post — but soon realized there was just
too much to cover so I’ll break it down into three posts to run on
separate days – The Battle of Tel Saki, The Valley of Tears, and The
Lebanese Border. The blog posts will track our journey from the
southern to northern Golan, then down to Metula in Israel proper.
We started the day where we stayed overnight last night, Kibbutz
Sha’ar HaGolan to the south of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), in the
shadow of the Golan Heights:...
We then drove on the snake-like Highway 98 up the side of the Golan
Heights facing Jordan across a deep ravine. The border fence along the
road is shown in this photo — my reaction was the same as yours probably
is — that’s the border fence! We were assured that the Jordanian
policing of its side of the border together with the topography was
sufficient.
Note also the red triangle signifying a minefield — something we
would see repeatedly throughout the Golan even away from the
border. Vigorous warning signs not to leave the established roads and
pathways were everywhere. We then reached Kibbutz Kfar Haruv:"...(much more and more photos at site)
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