Golan Heights an obstacle to peace between Syria, Israel.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 13, 2003| Author: Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi | Copyright information

Byline: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

MOSHAV ELI-AD, Golan Heights _ There are few nations that despise and distrust one another as much as Israel and Syria, yet at the Chateau Golan winery on the border between them, tranquillity reigns.

Here, the Ribak and Bar-On Shai families prepare their award-winning cabernet sauvignon while Israeli tourists amble past the estate en route to a popular waterfall. Unlike other Israeli frontiers, the only gunfire heard along this ...

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