At the beginning of 2018 the Israeli authorities announced that the first ever local elections in the Syrian villages in the occupied Golan will be held on 30 October 2018. A ‘Distortion of Democracy – Local Elections in the Occupied Syrian Golan’ provides a brief background to the elections before examining how they are undemocratic and violate international law. Finally, the report discusses the response of the Syrian population.
A Distortion of Democracy
