即使在没有叙利亚势力存在的格兰高地上，仅仅离开叙利亚兵营几公里远的定居点也造成了沉重的负担，因为在战争爆发的情况下，以色列军队不得不迅速将他们撤离，1973年10月爆发的赎罪日战争就是一例。
Even on the Golan Heights, where there is no Syrian presence, the settlements, located only a few kilometers from enormous Syrian troop concentrations, create a heavy burden, because, in the event of war, the Israeli army would be forced to evacuate them quickly, as was the case during the Yom Kippur war of October 1973.