The Golan Heights

After touring Capternaum we drove over the upper Jordan river and on up to the Golan Heights, overlooking Syria in the East and, then, over them to view Lebanon on the North/West.

The Jordan river north of the Sea of Galilee. Up on the heights we had a clear view into Syria ... The topography was very different than on the Israeli side. A Syrian town in the distance. A "Useless Nothings" outpost, positioned between the Israelis and Syrians. The remains of a Syrian outpost. Driving along the Golan Heights into a Druze Town. Another Druze town along the Golan Heights. Nimrod's Fortress on the Goland Heights. Bennie relating the story behind the 1967 War in which Israel fought for its lif Views into Israel from the Golan Heights. Syrian Bunker remains. The view the Syrians had of Israel, and the position from which the shelled ... ... these Civilian settlements (called Kibbutzim). A view of the forward-most Syrian outpost ... which was the first taken in 1967. Among the military ruins are the ancient ruins from centuries of settlement. More views of the Israeli Kibbutzim new Qiryat Shemona. Bennie talking with Carol on the Golan Heights. The Israeli War memorial built on the sight of the Syrian bunkers.