Our Briefing Hall at UNDOF

Golan Heights and UNDOF

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July 4th 2012
The next day we woke up super early and headed to a destination we were readily anticipating, the Golan Heights and the UNDOF base. Our tour of the UNDOF base was led by Major Alexander Uttenwegger from Austria. Entering the base, we had a chance to see some of the other soldiers that were stationed at the base, from countries including the Philippines, Japan, and India. We went through a little b ... read more

Middle East » Israel » North District » Golan

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more