The Golan is the biblical area known as the Bashan, and the British actually had it and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

Talks broke down in 2000 over the contentious piece of land known as the Golan Heights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel and Syria Engaged in Fresh Peace Talks : Law is Cool] Reference

The Golan is a strategic place for our security, and for there to be peace there must be security.    From Wordnik.com.  [gamla – striking looking place] Reference

As he talked about his past, at one point he asked if we’d like to see the deed to his family’s holdings in Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Lebanon – Part Two via Tom Sleigh : Emily Warn : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference

A name derived from "Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of Manasseh (Josh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Even some Golan residents are resigned to leaving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up The Golan Heights In The Name Of Peace] Reference

Golan in Basan, which is in the tribe of Manasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision] Reference

Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (February 2002 est.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

"We controlled for everything possible," Golan said.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Navy officers are more likely to be promoted than blacks or Hispanics, study finds] Reference

Some object to giving up the Golan on security grounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paying The Price Of Peace?] Reference

Israel says yes, but the Golan has to be demilitarized.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2000] Reference

LOWY: Well, only, you know, Golan knows the answer to that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2004] Reference

But I took Golan by the hand and led him upstairs to my bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2006] Reference

Golan will be here tomorrow night with his side of the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2006] Reference

It's not clear exactly what a deal on the Golan would look like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up The Golan Heights In The Name Of Peace] Reference

But nevertheless, an exodus from Golan would carry a human cost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paying The Price Of Peace?] Reference

It's not hard to understand why the Golan settlers feel so forsaken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up The Golan Heights In The Name Of Peace] Reference

Israel have held occasional peace talks over the return of the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference

MCGREEVEY: "I took Golan by the hand and led him upstairs to my bed.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2006] Reference

But in Syria, the desire to get back the Golan pulls them in another.    From Wordnik.com.  [A View From The Arab Side] Reference

Of the 14 wines given top scores by Parker, only three came from the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grapes on the Golan] Reference

He wanted every inch of the Golan back -- much to the chagrin of the Israelis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy Of An Arab Survivor] Reference

Officials close to Barak say that means a territorial concession on the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up The Golan Heights In The Name Of Peace] Reference

The former New Jersey governor James McGreevey says that he and Golan were lovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2006] Reference

Syrian President Hafez Assad's pride and prestige is tied to the return of the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping Up Appearances Of Movement] Reference

BLITZER: Are you ready to negotiate the future of the Golan Heights with the Syrians?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2007] Reference

Even without a regional settlement, Israel has much to gain from a deal over the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Other Mideast Talks] Reference

"The vast majority are willing to give back the Golan on the chance for peace," says Rogov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grapes on the Golan] Reference

They came on the brink of a solution to the Golan Heights in 1995 and again in the year 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2007] Reference

SPECTER: Syria wants the Golan back and Israel may well be prepared to give Syria the Golan back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2007] Reference

We must make them give back the Golan, the entire West Bank, settlement free and the Shebaa Farms.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2006] Reference

SADLER: For the Syrian leader, an Israeli commitment to hand back the Golan lies at the crux of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2000] Reference

At long last, the Israelis withdrew from southern Lebanon last month and seemed ready to hand him back the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy Of An Arab Survivor] Reference

During Rabin's term, we achieved an agreement for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan to the June 4, 1967, line.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Want Our Land Back'] Reference

The Arab diplomat noted that ongoing talks would reduce the possibility of fighting — accidental or planned — along the Golan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Other Mideast Talks] Reference

What he wanted in return for a lasting peace was sovereignty over the Golan, dominion over Lebanon and to leave all that to his son.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy Of An Arab Survivor] Reference

He views the sparsely populated Golan differently, he says, but also considers himself pragmatic when it comes to international diplomacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grapes on the Golan] Reference