The history of the Golan show that it should be included within the borders of the Jewish National Home. The Golan is also essential for the survival of Israel. The headwaters of the Jordan River (60%), and the mountain streams (40%) that flow down into the Kinneret are Israel's main, even sole, fresh-water source. Prior to the six day war, Syria repeatily attempted to dam the water flowing into Israel. Obviously, the sheeba farms is a rouse by the Syrians to use Lebanon and Syria as pawns in it's attempt to cut the water off from the Jews. In the Talmudic period, Jewish settlement in the Golan flourished and expanded. Among the wealth of archaeological findings in the Golan Heights were remnants of 34 synagogues. In the Second Temple period, the Jews who had been exiled to Babylonia returned to their homes in the Golan. Second Temple period coins were found there after the Six-Day War inscribed with the words "For the Redemption of Holy Jerusalem." In 1891, Baron Rothschild purchased some 18,000 acres in eastern Golan (approx. 15 km. east of present-day Ramat Magshimim).