1974 Separation-of-Forces Deal Keeps Both Sides at Bay
From a height of 9000 feet an IDF soldier keeps his eye on Syria (Photos: Flash 90)
F rom the perimeter fence of Alonei HaBashan a small moshav in the Golan Heights the guns of war can be heard just across the border. It’s so close in fact that the 400 residents can easily monitor whether a recently negotiated cease-fire between the United States and Russia is actually holding up.
At least for now all is quiet on the northern front.
But the last six years haven’t been easy for the residents who have seen up close the brutality of the Syrian civil war.
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