This is the northernmost part of Israel and from these heights you can gaze out over Lebanon and Syria.
The water and strategic vantage points of the Galilee mountaintops and the Golan Heights have made the region a source of political contention since time immemorial.
Over the centuries, Egyptians, Canaanites, Israelites, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Crusaders, and Ottomans locked horns here.
In the 20th century alone, the borders have been changed by Britain, France, and of course, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.
Extinct volcanic cones give the Golan its unusual topographic profile.
