The Village Claimed By Three Countries
December 31, 2009 10:40 by BackSpin EditorThe Media Line visits Ghajar, a complicated Alawite village claimed by Israel, Lebanon and Syria. Here's a synopsis of the conflicting claims.
Lebanon: Ghajar was always Lebanese.
Israel: Ghajar was captured from Syria. Returning it to Lebanon would embolden Hezbollah.
Syria: I'm not aware of any Syrian statements specifically regarding Ghajar, but Bashar Assad's regime is known to want all of the Golan returned. This would presumably include Ghajar.
Ghajar residents: They say they are Syrian, and no matter what political decision is made, Ghajar must not be divided.
On a recent IDF tour of the north for bloggers, an army spokeswoman told us the residents prefer to remain Israeli citizens, but would face reprisals if they said so publicly.
Related reading: Golan Village Divided By Fear
SoCalMother
11:51 am
Jan 03, 2010
Please show a scale with your maps
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JT
7:09 pm
May 08, 2013
If I remember correctly, when Israel withdrew from South Lebanon the UN certified that ALL of Lebanon was evacuated by Israeli troops. Lebanon claimed that Israel still “occupied” part of Ghajar. On that basis Hezbollah would be “justified” in continuing “resistance”. Israel and the UN insisted that the contested portion was taken with the Golan, not from Lebanon. The UN asked Syria to relinquish their claim in favor of Lebanon so the UN could then pressure Israel to withdraw from it as well. Syria refused.
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