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Majdal Shams
Majdal Shams is a Druze town in the southern foothills of Mt. Hermon, north of the Golan Heights. The majority of residents are of Syrian-Druze origin. Since the June 1967 Six-Day War, the village has been controlled by Israel, first under martial law, but since 1981 under Israeli civil law, and incorporated into the Israeli system of local councils.
Majdal Shams is the largest of the four remaining Druze-Syrian communities on the Israeli-occupied side of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, together with Ein Qiniyye, Mas'ade and Buq'ata. Geologically and geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively usually they are being lumped together. Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side of the boundary, thus sitting on limestone, while Buq'ata and Mas'ade are on the Golan side, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt).
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Majdal Shams, occupied Golan, Syria
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Al-Monitor
January 16, 2018
[87] The remaining villages were Majdal Shams, Shayta (later destroyed), Ein Qiniyye, Mas'ade, Buq'ata and, outside the Golan proper, Ghajar. Israeli settlement in the Golan began soon after the war. Merom Golan was founded in July 1967 and by 1970 there were 12 settlements.[88] Construction of IsraeliÃÂ ...
Avvenire.it
January 15, 2018
Nelle stanze i cimeli religiosi sono ovunque, come se i Nasrallah, l'ultima famiglia cristiana di Majdal Shams, avessero da oltre mezzo secolo intrapreso una quieta battaglia all'oblio. Bastano pochi passi per incontrare il confine, la barriera di reti e filo spinato che si solleva sul pendio della montagna,ÃÂ ...
Palestine News Network
January 9, 2018
Fakhr Al-Din, who is also a resident of the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan, wondered whether the Israeli authorities intend to prevent some electoral lists from participating in the elections under the pretext of their loyalties to “hostile parties”. He stressed that a majority of the political forces will boycottÃÂ ...
Haaretz
December 13, 2017
Additional protests were reported throughout Israel over the weekend, including in Majdal Shams, along the border with Syria in the north, in the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, in Taibeh, Kfar Kara, and the German Colony in Haifa. Members of Knesset from the Joint Arab List participated in someÃÂ ...
PRI
November 16, 2017
Dressed in a T-shirt and cargo shorts, Juary, 50, sits on the fashionable porch of the Why? bar in downtown Majdal Shams, one of four Druze villages in the ... friends and relatives on the Syrian side of the border, during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, Feb.
Powder Magazine
October 24, 2017
It is what everybody does in Majdal Shams, the neighboring town, he said. His father was one of Israel's first ski instructors and ski patrollers. All of his uncles were ski instructors as well. Shofi tried university in Haifa for a couple years, but longed for the mountains. He is now a certified instructor, too, butÃÂ ...
Haaretz
September 27, 2017
Enjoying the last days of summer earlier this month, hundreds of residents in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams headed to the town center for a carnival, complete with cotton candy, live music and a slow-turning chocolate shawarma log. The festivities were organized to commemorate the MuslimÃÂ ...
Haaretz
September 27, 2017
But young Majdal Shams municipality volunteers, arranging chairs for last week's big concert and fluent in Hebrew, weren't shy to flaunt their bright yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the institution's Hebrew name. Many residents say volunteers and city hall employees, living in the swath of land betweenÃÂ ...
Haaretz
September 15, 2016
When weather permits – and Majdal Shams, due to its high altitude, has a climate all its own, unrelated to whats happening in the plains and valleys below – you can dine on the porch, surrounded by a ravishing flower garden and overlooking the homes on the hilltop. Lamb tongue and intestines stuffedÃÂ ...
Blouinartinfo UK
December 31, 1999
Rich Mix in London will be hosting the live performance of the mountain rock reggae band from Golan Heights "TootArd." The majestic mountainside village of Majdal Shams in the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights gave rise to this mountain rock reggae band and engraved a distinct oriental charm to theÃÂ ...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
“The plot of aggression against al-Quds will not pass,” the Golanese said in a statement during a solidarity stand in Sultan al-Atrash Square in Majdal Shams village on Monday. “ Today, as in the past, the American imperialism unveils its ugly aggressive face against our nation and our central issue of theÃÂ ...
Folk Radio UK (blog)
November 20, 2017
TootArd are a band from the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. The area, originally Syrian territory, has been part of ...
Middle East Eye
November 17, 2017
Israeli soldiers stand guard near the Israeli Syrian border next to the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights ...
The Quietus
November 17, 2017
But politics are difficult to evade when you hail from Majdal Shams: a village in the Israeli-occupied Syrian region of Golan Heights. This is all ...
PRI
November 16, 2017
Dressed in a T-shirt and cargo shorts, Juary, 50, sits on the fashionable porch of the Why? bar in downtown Majdal Shams, one of four Druze ...
Arab News
November 12, 2017
Israeli soldiers stand guard near the Israeli Syrian border next to the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights ...
DAWN.com
November 3, 2017
The Israeli army said on Friday that a civilian in the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan was lightly wounded as a ...
Powder Magazine
October 24, 2017
It is what everybody does in Majdal Shams, the neighboring town, he said. His father was one of Israel's first ski instructors and ski patrollers.
Haaretz
September 27, 2017
Young municipality volunteers pose while setting up for the evening Majdal Shams carnival following Id al-Adha, September 2017. Ari Plachta ...
Haaretz
July 6, 2017
The elections will be held in four towns – Buq'ata, Masadeh, Majdal Shams and Ein Kinya. Until now, these towns' mayors had been appointed ...
Jordan Times
July 1, 2017
In Majdal Shams, Orthodox Christian Ibrahim Nasrallah, 80, recalls the time before the war, when “no one spoke of Christian, Muslim or Druze:Â ...
Al-Monitor
April 25, 2017
By showing its concern for Hadar — which is within spitting distance of Israeli-occupied Majdal Shams — Israel is also demonstrating to its ...
Haaretz
September 15, 2016
When weather permits – and Majdal Shams, due to its high altitude, has a climate all its own, unrelated to what's happening in the plains and ...
Munchies_ Food by VICE
May 19, 2015
Majdal Shams is a small village huddled against the slopes of Mount Hermon, situated astride the ceasefire line between Israel's Golan Heights ...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
Druze women residing in Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights wave at their Syrian Druze friends and relatives on ...
The Media Line
December 31, 1999
During subsequent fighting between Assad regime forces and rebels, a resident of the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams was wounded by ...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Druze at Majdal Shams using a megaphone to communicate with Syrian Druze on the other side of the border, November 4, 2017. Menahem ...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
The residents of four of these villages — namely Majdal Shams, Bukata, Masada and Ein Qinya — are Druze, which is a secretive offshoot of ...
Jordan Times
July 1, 2017
In Majdal Shams, Orthodox Christian Ibrahim Nasrallah, 80, recalls the time before the war, when “no one spoke of Christian, Muslim or Druze:ÃÂ ...
The New Arab
June 30, 2017
In Majdal Shams, Orthodox Christian Ibrahim Nasrallah, 80, recalls the time before the war, when "no one spoke of Christian, Muslim or Druze:ÃÂ ...
The Electronic Intifada
April 27, 2017
Al-Marsad is a human rights organization based in Majdal Shams, occupied Syrian Golan Heights. It is the only human rights organizationÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
April 24, 2017
By showing its concern for Hadar — which is within spitting distance of Israeli-occupied Majdal Shams — Israel is also demonstrating to itsÃÂ ...
Haaretz
September 15, 2016
When weather permits – and Majdal Shams, due to its high altitude, has a climate all its own, unrelated to what's happening in the plains andÃÂ ...
Munchies_ Food by VICE
May 19, 2015
Majdal Shams is a small village huddled against the slopes of Mount Hermon, situated astride the ceasefire line between Israel's Golan HeightsÃÂ ...
Morning Star Online
December 31, 1999
Mountain rockreggae band Toot Ard (Strawberries) hail from the majestic mountain village of Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian GolanÃÂ ...
CSS Resources (blog)
February 10, 2017
When the demonstrators tried to enter Palestine from the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Israeli soldiers shot at them before the eyes of a passive Syrian army, reportedly killing 22 young Palestinians and wounding more than a 100 (The NewÃÂ ...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
December 14, 2016
Ibrahim's home in the town of Majdal Shams was the first demolition in the Golan Heights since Israel occupied the Syrian territory following its capture in 1967.
Voice of America
December 6, 2016
Israeli soldiers secure a road leading to where projectiles fired from Syria hit the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams, Sept. 13, 2016. From its onset in Iraq and Syria in 2014, IS has often threatened to attack Israel ...
Bay Area Indymedia
December 3, 2016
Majdal Shams stands to be particularly devastated by the plan as the park would surround the village from the north and west, thus prohibiting any future expansion and essentially besieging it.
Voice of America
November 27, 2016
FILE - Israeli soldiers secure a road leading to where projectiles fired from Syria hit the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams, Sept. 13, 2016. Share. Share on Facebook ÷ Share on Twitter ÷ Share on Google+ ÷ Email to a ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
November 25, 2016
According to SANA, Israeli forces arrested the two along with 24 others in June 2015, when residents of the village of Majdal Shams blocked the ambulance and prevented it from transporting two injured terrorists from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly ...
Independent Online
November 23, 2016
Majdal Shams - On top of a long-abandoned building, 50 young Arab Israelis listen attentively to Emad Madah as smoke billows into the sky in the distance behind them.
gulfnews.com
November 17, 2016
Many were destroyed, with just the five villages of Buq'ata, Ain Qiniyye, Masada, Majdal Shams and Ghajar remaining. Prior to 1967, Christians, Muslims, Druze and Circassians lived there, but the majority left for Syrian-controlled territory during the ...
The Electronic Intifada
November 11, 2016
A candy-coloured Druze flag now flaps over the remains of Bassan Ibrahim's home on a promontory overlooking Majdal Shams, the largest Syrian town in the occupied Golan. Bulldozed by Israeli police, it is now just a heap of rubble and twisted metal.
Middle East Monitor
October 31, 2016
Consequently, Syrian home owners run the risk that their home could be destroyed: as was the case with Mr Bassam Ibrahim whose home in Syrian village, Majdal Shams, was demolished by the Israeli authorities last month. Currently, the Syrian owners ofÃÂ ...
International Middle East Media Center
October 27, 2016
Consequently, Syrian home owners run the risk that their home could be destroyed: as was the case with Mr. Bassam Ibrahim, whose home in the Syrian village of Majdal Shams was demolished by Israeli authorities last month. Currently, the Syrian owners ...
The Electronic Intifada
October 21, 2016
... Khanjar maintains his Syrian-Palestinian identity against all attempts to quell it. "There is an Israeli settlement, Kiryat Shmona, which is only about 23 kilometers east of Majdal Shams," he quipped, referring to his hometown. "But I would rather ...
WAFA
December 31, 1999
MAJDAL SHAMS, GOLAN HEIGHTS, March 7, 2017 (WAFA) - New research by al-Marsad, a Golan Heights-based human rights organization, said the number of villages Israel had destroyed after its occupation of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967ÃÂ ...
The Electronic Intifada
October 5, 2016
Israeli forces also destroyed a home in the town of Majdal Shams - the first such demolition in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights for more than 30 years, according to the Al-Marsad human rights group based in the territory.
Voice of America
September 15, 2016
FILE - A member of the Druze community holds a Druze flag as he speaks to an Israeli soldier near the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near Majdal Shams, June 18, 2015. Share. Share on Facebook ÷ Share on Twitterà...
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