WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump has recognised Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights, reversing decades of US policy in a move starkly at odds with international law but which also gave an election boost to visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump has recognised Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights, reversing decades of US policy in a move starkly at odds with international law but which also gave an election boost to visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu.
The proclamation signed on Monday by Mr Trump drew a sharp response from Syria, which once held the strategic land. The move, which Mr Trump announced in a tweet last Thursday, appeared to be the most overt gesture by the Republican President to help Mr Netanyahu, who had been pressing Mr Trump over it since February 2017.
At the United Nations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was"clear that the status of Golan Heights has not changed", UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. "The presidency reaffirmed that sovereignty is not decided by either the US or Israel no matter how long the occupation lasts," the statement said.
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