re israel s expansion in apr nysernet org astein nysernet org alan stein writes the golan heights is a serious security problem and israel obviously will have to keep part of it and give up part of it one should remember that the golan heights had been part of the area that was to be in britain s palestine mandate slated to become part of the jewish state until britain traded it to france for other considerations in other words it is an historical accident that it was ever part of syria the palestine mandate had no borders before the borders were negotiated and drawn the most the golan may have been is on the list of what territories britian would have liked to see in the palestine mandate until the mandates came into existance there were no defined boundaries between any of the various territories in the region if you have a source for any of these claims then please present it
