Israel’s prime minister says his government plans to double the Israeli population in the Golan Heights. The area has been considered a “strategic plateau” since Israel captured it from Syria in 1967. Joshua Landis, who heads the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, joins The World’s Host Marco Werman to discuss the significance of the Golan Heights for countries in the region.
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