ABSTRACT
The Knesset decision on 14 December 1981 imposing Israeli law on the Golan was the high point of the public battle for the Golan. The wide public and political support, the sympathy for Golan settlement demonstrated during the struggle and the approval of the law for a long time removed the sense of doubt which had accompanied settlement from its inception. The elimination of the question mark regarding the future was aided by the military conflict between Israel and Syria, both direct and indirect, which was becoming more and more serious, and the fact that it was not centered in the Golan. The conflict reached its peak in June 1982 with the outbreak of the war in Lebanon, and continued years afterwards due to the Syrian presence in Lebanon and the presence of Israel in southern Lebanon.
