[rahbert]

They must hold Golan and the Jordan River valley.

Only the last stand of a handful of Israeli armor
kept Syria from sweeping into the Galilee in 1973;
without the Golan buffer the State would have been lost.

[PapaBear3625]

Only the last stand of a handful of Israeli armor kept Syria from sweeping into the Galilee in 1973; without the Golan buffer the State would have been lost.

More to the point, the Golan Heights control an important water source.