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    Golan Heights
    Golan Heights
    Golan Heights
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    Golan Heights

    By Norbert Mercado

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    The Syrian rebels have captured groups of Fijian and Filipino soldiers and held them hostage. Now, the Syrian rebels are demanding for the surrender of Colonel Lucero and the rest of the remaining soldiers of the Philippine Contingent to the Golan Heights.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorbert Mercado
    Release dateOct 15, 2014
    ISBN9781311721358
    Golan Heights
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    Norbert Mercado

    "In this age of revolution, the contemporary writer should utilize the pen for the preservation of peace," Norbert Mercado, a Filipino author, stressed. The books he has written and published, including his anthologies, unapologetically assert the indispensability of peace in a nation’s progress. The author has written more novels than any Asian writer had in just a brief period of time. In fact, he has surpassed the number of novels written by world-renowned novelists like Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1970) and American authors Ernest Hemingway (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954). Solzhenitsyn has four novels to his credit, while Hemingway has eight. His style of writing is simple and succinct, but poignant and colorful like Hemingway’s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, and Solzhenitsyn’s ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DESONOVICH. "The simpler the novel, the better," he said. In line with Japanese Yasunari Kabawata’s writings about the Japanese way of life, most of Norbert’s novels focus mostly on the current situation in his country. Kabawata is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. His books present hope to the Filipino, especially to the "economic exiles" in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan whom he has spent most of his time with, in their daily struggles. But most of all, his novels lucidly show the futility of war and violence in the resolution of political-economic-class conflicts in the Philippines. "War should not be used as an instrument in resolving political conflicts. Writers who abet wars and revolutions must think of the widows and the fatherless, the chaos, destruction, and suffering of the people whom they claim to be concerned about," he said. What if, like Solzhenitsyn, Hemingway, and Kabawata, he eventually wins the Nobel Prize? What will he do with the US$1,000,000 award? "I will use the prize for establishing a Peace Foundation that will assist in the formulation of policies which will resolve the current shooting conflicts in the country and help alleviate the continuing poverty of our countrymen." He will take charge of the foundation and personally campaign for a peaceful settlement of the conflicts in the Philippines. "The insurgency and the secessionist rebellion have foreign support. A Nobel title will give me the personality to approach the leaders involved in the conflicts," he explained. Born on March 25, 1955, he is the youngest among the children of Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mercado, Sr. of San Manuel, Tarlac. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, with two degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. Voted Outstanding Campus Journalist in 1974, he was a columnist and associate editor of the Philippine Collegian, the campus publication of the University of the Philippines. He has also written articles for various newspapers and magazines in the Philippines, as well as abroad. He also won the 1981 National Essay Writing Contest sponsored by SIDESTREETS Magazine. Norbert is a graduate of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), the topmost armed forces school in the country, where he was conferred a Master’s degree in National Security Administration (MNSA) and the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He graduated from the NDCP at the age of 32, the youngest in Class 21 which had already produced several generals in the Armed Forces, and the youngest graduate in the history of the National Defense College of the Philippines. He was elected one of the fifteen directors of Class 21. He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Applied Servanthood), Honoris Causa, for his almost 30 years work in Christian literature. His batch mates include Senator Robert Barbers, Undersecretary of Trade and Industry and Bulletin Columnist Nelly Villafuerte, Actor and Producer Fred Galang, Rev. Peter Vasaya, and the His Royal Highness Sultan of Sulu and Sabah Ishmael Kiram. A sports lover, he was a rifle marksman in his UP ROTC days, and a winner of the 1988 and 1989 5,000 meter-run sponsored by the National Defense College Alumni Association. His sports include swimming, basketball, volleyball, boxing, karate, cycling, and marathon among others. A traveler, he has attended various international conferences and trainings in Asia and Europe. His travels have widened his insight not only of places, but also of people he has constantly observed and empathized with. He is the youngest graduate of the Singapore Haggai Institute for Third World Leaders in 1980 at the age of 24. "Let us work for peace in our country, in any way we can," Norbert stressed. Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Ria M. Mercado

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      Golan Heights - Norbert Mercado

      GOLAN HEIGHTS

      by

      NORBERT MERCADO

      Also by Norbert Mercado

      NOVELS

      72 Hours in Moscow

      Cambodia's Children of Sorrow

      The Children of Mars

      Even the Grass Bleeds

      I Don't Need A Throne

      The Korean War

      The Last Romanov

      In The Shadow Of The Roman Empire

      Farewell Darkness!

      The Roman Governor of Judaea

      Morning Glory

      Love Is Beautiful

      Prepare For Eternity

      Dulce Extranjera

      For more information on Norbert L. Mercado, visit

      http://norbertomercado.blogspot.com

      GOLAN HEIGHTS

      Norbert Mercado

      Copyright © 2014

      Norbert L. Mercado has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

      This book is a work of fiction, and except in case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      This book is sold, subject to the condition that is shall not, by way of trade or otherwise be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      ISBN: 978-1-311-72135-8

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      VERSION: 2014-10-27-1830

      "We have escaped like a bird

      out of the fowler’s snare

      the snare has been broken

      and we have escaped

      Our help is in the name of the Lord

      the Maker of heaven and earth."

      PSALM 124:7-8

      "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars,

      do not be alarmed. Such things must happen,

      but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against

      nation, and kingdom against kingdom."

      MARK 13:7-8

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Last Chapter

      Dedication

      A Historical Novelist For Peace

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      . . . CHAPTER . . .

      1

      "The Syrian rebels want all of us to surrender and give up our firearms," Colonel Jesus Lucero told the 40 Filipino soldiers that gathered in front of him inside the bunker. They were in a place somewhere in the Golan Heights, designated by the United Nations rescue forces as Position 68.

      The 40 Filipino soldiers were members of the 7th Philippine Contingent to Golan Heights, abbreviated as PCGH. The PCGH had 331 soldiers coming from the Philippine Army. Fifteen of these soldiers are women. They were under the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force or UNDOF, the official name of the UN rescue forces. Others simply called the rescue forces the UN Peacekeeping Force and it was composed of soldiers from six UN member nations, namely the Philippines, India, Fiji, Nepal, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

      In October 1973, a bloody war occurred between Israel and Syria. Egypt was also involved. To end the war, an uneasy truce and a disengagement of forces followed. The role of the UN Force was to

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