Ghajar

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Ghajar
غجر
ע'ג'ר‎
Location of Ghajar
Ghajar is located in Syria
Ghajar
Ghajar
The Golan on the map of Syria; Ghajar on the map of the Golan.
Ghajar is located in the Golan Heights
Ghajar
Ghajar
Ghajar (the Golan Heights)
Coordinates: 33°16′22″N 35°37′23″E / 33.27278°N 35.62306°E / 33.27278; 35.62306
Grid position208/297 PAL
CountryOn the border between Lebanon
and the Israeli-occupied area
of the Golan Heights (de jure Syria). See Status of the Golan Heights.
Area
 • Total
246 ha (608 acres)
Elevation
310 m (1,020 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,806

Ghajar (Arabic: غجر, Hebrew: ע'ג'ר or רג'ר‎), also Rhadjar, is an Alawite-Arab village on the Hasbani River, on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights.[2] The name of the village means "gypsy" in Arabic.[3] As of 2022, it had a population of 2,806, most of whom consider themselves Syrian but have Israeli ID cards.[4][5] The Blue Line divides Ghajar between Lebanon and the Golan Heights,[6] although Israel has occupied the entire village since 2006.[7][8][9] Israel considers it a part of its Northern District, in which its southern part is organized as a local council in the Golan Subdistrict.

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Israel approves pullout from Lebanon border village". BBC. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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  4. ^ "Israel approves pullout from Lebanon border village". BBC News. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Fears of split in Israeli-Lebanon border village". BBC News. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Moves at a small border village hike Israel-Hezbollah tensions at a time of regional jitters". AP News. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Why is there a disputed border between Lebanon and Israel?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ Taleb, Wael (7 July 2023). "About Ghajar, the disputed village occupied by Israel". L'Orient Today.
  9. ^ Staff, Al Jazeera. "Why is there a disputed border between Lebanon and Israel?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 October 2024.