Trump koshers Nazi theft of Syria’s Golan Heights
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Trump koshers Israel’s theft of Syria’s Golan Heights
Eve Mykytyn writes:
On 21 March President Trump announced that the United States should recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and effectively annexed it in 1981. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journalcharacterised Trump’s move as a favour to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is facing a challenge for re-election and Netanyahu called it a “Purim miracle”.
Despite any boost this may give to Netanyahu’s re-election, the effort to persuade Trump to endorse Israel’s claim to the Golan began well before Netanyahu’s campaign and was described by Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz as “topping the agenda” in US-Israeli diplomatic talks in Ma...