Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan focuses on “demographic development of the localities of the Golan and (the town of) Katzrin […] in light of the war and the new front in Syria and the desire to double the population of the Golan,” according to a statement from his office.
“Toy of foreign powers”
Berlin stressed that it is “very important that in this phase of political upheaval in Syria, all actors in the region take into account the territorial integrity of Syria, and not call it into question”
Germany “calls on all actors in the region to show restraint,” said Christian Wagner, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, stressing that Syria, ravaged by more than ten years of war, “is the toy of foreign powers for far too long.”
Around 30,000 Israeli citizens live in 34 localities in the Golan annexed by Israel, to which are added 23,000 Druze, a community whose religion comes from Islam, who mostly claim to be Syrian while having the status of residents in Israel.
