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2024-12-10 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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UN slams ‘violation’ of 1974 disengagement deal as Israel acts in Syria buffer zone
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[IsraelTimes] US defends Israeli decision to fill vacuum after Syrian soldiers fled posts along border but stresses that measure must be temporary
The United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
accused Israel on Monday of having violated the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Syria, after it informed the UN Security Council that it had taken "limited and temporary measures" in a demilitarized strip bordering Syria to counter any threats, particularly to residents of the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.
In a letter informing the 15-member council of Israel’s actions, UN ambassador Danny Danon stressed that it was "important to emphasize, however, that Israel is not intervening in the ongoing conflict between Syrian gangs" following the fall of Bashir al-Assad’s regime on Sunday. "Our actions are solely focused on safeguarding our security," he wrote.
Danon’s letter came after Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday morning that he had ordered the IDF to complete its takeover of the buffer zone between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights after it took up dozens of new positions a day earlier, bracing for potential chaos in the wake of the Syrian rebel offensive that toppled the Assad family’s 50-year rule.
The IDF has said that its deployment to the buffer zone is a defensive and temporary measure but acknowledged that it may end up staying there for the foreseeable future, depending on the developments.
The 235-square-kilometer demilitarized buffer zone was established in the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria, which concluded the Yom Kippur War, and has been manned for decades by UN peacekeepers. However,
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Israel said Sunday that with the fall of the Assad regime, it considered the agreement void until order is restored in Syria, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to the border that the agreement had "collapsed."
Nevertheless, Danon told the UN Security Council that Israel remains committed to the framework of the 1974 agreement.
Shortly after Danon formally informed the UN of the steps taken by Israel, a spokesperson for the international body said the troops positioned in the buffer zone "constitute a violation" of the agreement.
The UN peacekeeping force deployed in the Golan Heights, known as UNDOF, "informed the Israeli counterparts that these actions would constitute a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement," said Stephane Dujarric, front man for Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
He said that the Israeli forces that entered the zone were still present in at least three locations.
"There should be no military forces or activities in the area of separation. And Israel and Syria must continue to uphold the terms of that 1974 agreement, and preserve stability in the Golan," Dujarric said.
Echoing the UN’s condemnation, Saudi Arabia
 ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
slammed Israel’s seizure of the buffer zone, which it said was proof of Israel’s will to "ruin Syria’s chance of restoring its security."
"The seizure of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights... confirm Israel’s continued violation of the rules of international law, and its determination to sabotage Syria’s chances of restoring its security, stability and territorial integrity," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.
The US, meanwhile, defended Israel’s takeover of the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, but at the same time sought to reassure opponents of the move that it would be a temporary one, as Israel has said it would be.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller explained during a press briefing that the Syrian army had abandoned positions on its side of the Golan Heights and noted that this created a potential vacuum that could have been filled by terror organizations that threaten Israel.
Justifying the move by the IDF, he said that any country would be concerned and want to take action to prevent such a vacuum from being created.
However,
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he highlighted Israel’s public claims that the takeover was temporary and said that the US would be monitoring Israel’s presence and speaking to Israeli counterparts to ensure that the IDF takeover doesn’t become permanent.
He declined to set a timetable, however, pointing to the fast-changing situation on the ground in Syria.
"Israel has said that these actions are temporary to defend its borders. These are not permanent actions, and so ultimately, what we want to see is lasting stability between Israel and Syria, and that means we support all sides upholding the 1974 disengagement agreement," Miller said. 
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