Syria
Syria
Nothing. The Golan Heights was an undisputed Syrian territory until 1967. Israel was created in 1948. The Golan Heights became part of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in 1967 when Israeli soldiers occupied the area while fighting Syria.
Nobody was "given" the Golan Heights in 1981. Israel conquered the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and repelled a Syrian invasion to retake the Golan Heights in 1973. By the end of the Arab-Israeli population of 1973, the Arab population of the Golan Heights and its strategic value was immense. Therefore, in 1981, Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to annex the territory of the Golan Heights to the Israel. This has been seen by most international observers as a violation of UNSC Resolution 242 and 338 which requires that Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace, not to acquire it. Israel has responded by saying that it fully intends to return the territory to Syria should a peace treaty be struck, but it sees no reason why it has to leave the Golan Heights under military administration pending such a resolution as opposed to a civilian one.
Golan Heights
Syria
The Golan Heights were a part of Syria from the Ottoman Period and were part of Syria during the French Mandate. It was only in 1967 that Israel conquered the Golan Heights from Syria.
The Golan Heights is administered by the Israeli government due to UNSC Resolutions 242 & 338/339 - the armistices of 1967 and 1973 between Israel and Syria among others. However, the annexation of the Golan Heights to Israel and its incorporation into the Northern District of Israel in 1981 is considered illegal in international law.
The Golan Heights.
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The other names for Golan Heights that are commonly used are 'Golan' and 'Syrian Golan'. The territory is recognized as Syrian across the world but has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
The Golan Heights dispute has nothing at all to do with Spain. The Golan Heights is officially Syrian territory that Syrians held until 1967 when they lost it to Israel in the Six-Day War. Syria has been campaigning ever since to get the Golan Heights back from Israel. Israel, however, has (by its own laws) annexed the territory and shows little if any intent on returning it to Syria.
The Golan heights belonged to Syria. Israel took the Golan Heights from the Syrians during the Six Day War of 1967 and continued to hold onto them in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.