Editing Foreign relations of Israel (section)

=== Syria ===
{{Main|Israel–Syria relations|Iran–Israel proxy conflict}}

Syria's relations with Israel are very poor, due to the Israeli occupation of the [[Golan Heights]] and Syria's close ties with the anti-Israel militant group [[Hezbollah]] and with the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]].

Since 2004, Syria has accepted the import of apples from farmers in the [[Golan Heights]], territory that it claims, through the [[Quneitra]] crossing. This was a result of the ongoing Israeli refusal to accept apples from Golan farmers (reportedly due to over-supply), which led to a plea by the farmers to the Syrian government to accept their produce before it became spoiled in order to prevent economic collapse. In 2010, some 10,000 tons of apples grown by [[Druze]] farmers in the Golan Heights were sent to Syria.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ashkenazi |first=Eli |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153539.html |title=Israeli trucks cross into Syria in annual 'apple invasion' |work=Haaretz |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=8 March 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406162719/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153539.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>