Page 10 - Britains Stand With Israel - For Zion's Sake

Affirm Israel’s sovereignty over The Golan Heights
And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the
plain, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 20:8
The Golan Heights is part of the land promised by God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
It provides Israel with crucial military advantages to defend itself from any future attack.
Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights is
not only legal under international law, but it is a moral imperative.
According to Scripture
Archaeology reaffirms an indisputable Jewish presence in the area known today as
the Golan Heights going back thousands of years. From ancient synagogues to Jewish towns, this elevated land with its hills, mountains and plateau was part of the ancestral home of the Jewish people, promised by God as an everlasting possession for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8; 1 Chron 6:71)
A Jewish presence in the Golan continued during the time of Jesus and for hundreds of years later until Muslim Arab armies conquered the region in 636 AD, violently adding it to the first Caliphate and severing the more than 1,600 years of continuous Jewish residence.
Strategically important
The Golan Heights were used in June 1948 by Syrian forces
who invaded Israel when Arab states launched an attack in objection to the creation of the State of Israel.
The territory was used again against Israel in the Six Day War of 1967 when Israel first took the territory in defence after being attacked. It was used
The territory was used again against Israel in the Six Day War of 1967 when Israel first took the territory in defence after being attacked.
again in the 1973 Yom Kippur War by Arab states, with Israel miraculously pushing back the onslaught against all odds.
Now under Israel’s control, Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981.
It continues to be a vital strategic stronghold for the Jewish state, which over the years has continued to
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