Golan gambit. (economic aspects of Israeli investment in Golan Heights industry)

From: Israel Business Today | Date: September 19, 1993 | Copyright information

The agreements between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel and the possibilities of peace have awakened questions as to the advisability of continued Israeli investment in industry and the infrastructure in the Golan Heights. Since Israel occupied the Golan Heights, following the 1967 Six Day War, 12,000 Israeli Jews have established residence there. The government has spent millions of dollars to improve the infrastructure and many Jewish-owned industries and business have prospered. Opponents of further Golan development fear that the Golan will be returned to Syria and that ...

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