After the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to “take control” of the buffer zone on the edge of the Golan Heights occupied and annexed by Israel. Israeli Prime Minister says Golan ‘will be part of the State of Israel for eternity’.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed Monday that the part of the Syrian Golan occupied and annexed by Israel belonged to his country “for eternity”, following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Today, everyone understands the critical importance of our presence on the Golan, and not at the foot of the Golan,” Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference in Jerusalem.
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“The Golan will be part of the State of Israel for eternity”
“The Golan (which overlooks the hills of Galilee and Lake Tiberias in northern Israel, Editor’s note) will be part of the State of Israel for eternity,” he added. Israel conquered part of this mountainous plateau from Syria in 1967, repelled a Syrian attack aimed at recovering it during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, before annexing it in 1981. “Our control over the plateau of Golan guarantees our security, he guarantees our sovereignty,” Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters.
“I would like to thank my friend, President-elect Donald Trump, for responding to my request to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019,” he added in reference to Donald’s decision. Trump during his first term (2017-2021) went against several UN resolutions, for which this territory remains occupied, and its annexation by Israel illegal under international law.
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Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he had ordered the army to “take control” of the buffer zone on the edge of the part of the Golan Heights occupied and annexed by Israel. The advance of Israeli troops in this area constitutes “a violation” of the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria, the UN spokesperson said on Monday.
