NGO to Barak: Demolish illegal Majdal Shams buildings http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=221621&R=R2

- Following the aftermath of last Sunday’s Nakba Day events, on Thursday Israeli lands protection group Regavim sent a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the heads of the enforcement agencies, calling on them to demolish illegal buildings in Majdal Shams that Regavim claims were used by the Syrian protesters. The letter ... said Regavim inspectors identified 13 buildings located 20-50 meters from the Israel-Syria border, which were built without proper permits and enabled the Syrian protesters to cross the border undetected by the IDF outpost located near the village.[Israel-Syria border? The border between Syrian land occupied by Israel and that not occupied...]

[On 14 December 1981, Israel passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli administration and law to the territory. Israel has expressly avoided using the term "annexation" to describe the change of status. However, the UN Security Council has rejected the de facto annexation in a non-binding UNSC Resolution 497, which declared it as "null and void and without international legal effect",[24] and consequently continuing to regard the Golan Heights as an Israeli-occupied territory. http://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/50/plenary/a50-660.htm