Remembering the
Occupation of the
Syrian Golan

Photos: Raneen Geries

On Saturday, June 10, 2006, Zochrot toured the occupied Syrian Golan together with the Golan Development Organization and the Emil Touma Institute. About 150 people took part in the tour. We posted signs at the sites of two villages, al-Rumathniyeh and al-Khashniyeh. We distributed brochures that documented the occupation of the Golan and contained testimonies by Syrian refugees. The tour was guided by Dr. Tayseer Mir'i and Salman Fahr al-Din of the Golan Development Organization.

Toward the end of the tour we visited "Givat Ha-Tza'akot" (the 'shouting hill') in Majdal Shams where residents of the Golan speak to their family members on the other side of the border.

On the way to al-Rumathniyeh:

 









On the way to al-Khashniyeh:







The 'shouting hill' in Majdal Shams: