Since the Syrian Golan Heights were occupied during the June 1967 War, the indigenous Arab population has resisted Israeli control. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviews Taiseer Maray, general director of the non-profit organization Golan for Development, about the situation in the occupied Golan Heights. Read more about Golan Heights activist: "We dream of freedom"
Leading up to the recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tourism committee conference in Jerusalem, there was conjecture on how the member countries in attendance would handle Israel’s tourism policies regarding the occupied territories. Read more about OECD and Israel's "tourist" colonization of Syria's Golan