What if Israel had given the Golan Heights to Syria?

If it had been adopted, he subsequently wrote, “global jihadis would be camping near Ein Gev [a kibbutz abutting the Golan Heights] and there would be Al-Qaida bases on the shores of Lake Kinneret [the Sea of Galilee, likewise abutting the former border]. Northern Israel and the country’s water sources would be bordering this summer on an armed, extremist Islamic entity that could not be controlled.”

Shavit’s epiphany is shared by most of the Israelis who had favored pulling back from the Golan in exchange for a peace treaty with Syria