State Department Says Golan Heights “Not Part Of Israel”

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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu promised on Sunday that the Golan Heights territory in northern Israel would “forever remain in Israeli hands,” prompting an immediate endorsement from Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz, Free Beacon reports.

Netanyahu on Sunday held an honorary meeting of his cabinet in the Golan Heights, contested territory that Israel annexed from Syria in 1981.

The message was quickly endorsed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), who told the Free Beacon on Sunday afternoon that Israel’s security remains of paramount concern.

“I chose to have this festive Cabinet meeting on the Golan Heights to send a clear message: The Golan Heights will forever remain in Israeli hands,” Netanyahu was quoted as telling reporters. “It’s time, after 50 years, that the international community finally recognizes that the Golan will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty.”

“The Golan Heights have been an integral part of the Land of Israel since ancient times; the dozens of ancient synagogues in the area around us attest to this,” Netanyahu said. “The Golan Heights are an integral part of the State of Israel in the new era. During the 19 years that the Golan Heights were under Syrian occupation, when they were a place for bunkers, wire fences, mines and aggression, they were for war.”

“In the 49 years that the Golan Heights have been under Israeli rule, they have been for agriculture, tourism, economic initiatives and building,” Netanyahu said. “They are for peace. In the stormy region around us, Israel is the stabilizing factor; Israel is the solution, not the problem.”

Free Beacon reported that Cruz fully backed Netanyahu’s declaration on Sunday, telling the Free Beacon that the international community must stop pressuring Israel to return the territory.

“Today, the government of Israel reiterated the reality that the Golan Heights are part of Israel’s sovereign territory,” Cruz said. “Given the presence of hostile terrorist organizations ranging from ISIS to Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border, it is foolhardy and dangerous for elements in the international community to try to pressure Israel to abandon the Golan to the chaos engulfing Syria.”

The United States maintains that the Golan Heights do not belong to Israel, according to a State Department official, Free Beacon reported.

“The United States’ position on the status of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights and Gaza Strip is longstanding and unchanged. Those territories are not part of Israel. Every U.S. administration since 1967 – Democrat and Republican alike – has maintained this distinction,” the State Department official said.

{Matzav.com}


6 COMMENTS

  1. To all the Stupid people who voted for Obama: IDIOTS!!!
    Now you’re going to vote for another soina Yisroel, Hillary? Or, even worse, Bernie?

    Wake up Yidden! Roosvelt is dead. Stop voting for Jew hating DemoRats.
    Those who vote for DemoRats are like dogs. The DemoRat politicians throw you a few bones and you lick their feet. Idiots!

    It is high time for all frum Yidden to change parties and become a Republican!!!

  2. No. They all got it wrong. The Golan, just like the rest of E”Y, does not belong to the US, State of Israel, and of course not the Palestinians. It belongs to the RBS”O, and as Rashi z”l writes in Bereishis – He will give it to whomever He wants.
    He will give it to those that believe in Him – the Bnai Yisroel.
    Those that don’t believe in Him – that includes the Chilonim, the Conservative and Reform movements, etc will not get a part in Israel. But the ehrliche Yidden will – iy”H soon.
    That not only applies to the Golan, but even to Damascus (part of the Hoshana Raba prayers).
    And what the State Dep’t an the UN will say, will be totally irrelevant!!
    Chag Kosher v’Sameach

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