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United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

On this day in 1974: Israel-Syria Disengagement Agreement is signed in Geneva

The negotiations began in February and March of the same year, with representatives from both Israel and Syria presenting their initial plans to the then-US Secretary of State.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
On this day May 31, 1974: Israel-Syria Disengagement Agreement was signed
UNDOF peacekeepers in the Golan 370

UNDOF commander dies unexpectedly in Israel

Maj.-Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri reportedly died from a heart attack in Eilat.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Germany's Ambassador to the UN, Christoph Heusgen

Germany's ambassador to U.N. compares Israel to Hamas

Germany’s best-selling paper slams UN ambassador for anti-Israel attacks.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A Palestinian girl shakes hands with a member of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) in the Palestinian H1 side of the city during a protest against Israel's decision not to renew their mandate, January 30, 2019

Hebron’s international observers accede to Israel’s demand to end mission

On Thursday, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat had called on the counties that had staffed the mission – Norway, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey – to insist on maintaining their observer role.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

The Middle East quagmire: Israel’s strategy on Iran, Syria & UNDOF

In 1974, after the Yom Kippur War, Israel and Syria signed the Disengagement Agreement, which was sanctioned by UN Security Council resolutions.

OCTOBER 12, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
A member of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) looks through binoculars at Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli Golan Heights