The Significance of Mount Hermon: Eyes of the Middle East [Video]

Following the extraordinary events in Syria, Israel decided not to take any chances and swiftly moved up to the top of Mount Hermon, making sure they could protect the border from whatever might happen next.

The mountain ridge runs along the border between Lebanon and Syria with the southern slope of the mountain descending into the most northerly part of Israel, in the Golan Heights. However, the very top of the mountain is in Syrian territory. Overlooking not only Syria, but also Lebanon and Israel, the peak of the mountain makes it a perfect look out. Mount Hermon is so strategic it has been called “the eyes of the Middle East”.

Mount Hermon is a deeply significant place, both from a geo-political point of view, but also historically, and most important of all, spiritually.

Israeli troops are now at the mountain peak

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went up there for the first time in decades to take a …