1.   The village sits on a rolling volcanic plateau whose inhabitants farm everything from bananas to chili peppers.

2.   But the talks broke off in disagreement over the size of a demilitarized buffer zone between Israel and Syria on the volcanic plateau.

3.   Damascus insists that Israel withdraw from all of the Golan, a volcanic plateau in southwestern Syria that both sides consider strategic and vital to their security.

4.   Damascus insists that Israel withdraw from all of the Golan Heights, a volcanic plateau in southwestern Syria which both sides consider strategic and vital to their security.

5.   Rusted barbed wire fences with red-and-yellow signs warning of land mines slice across the volcanic plateau.