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| Netanyahu: World must recognize occupied Golan as Israel’s |
| 2018-10-10 |
| [PRESSTV] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the international community should recognize as "Israeli territory" the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory which has been under the regime’s occupation for over five decades. "Israel on the Golan Heights is a fact that the international community must recognize and as long as it depends on me, the Golan Heights will always remain under Israeli illusory sovereignty," Netanyahu said on Monday during a visit to the occupied territory. The premier claimed that if Israel withdraws from the occupied Golan, the regime will find itself with Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah on the "shores of the Kinneret (sea of Galilee)" in the northern part of occupied territories. Iran and Hezbollah are "trying constantly to establish a force opposite us that would operate against the Golan Heights and the Galilee," he claimed. Israel is deeply angered by Iran’s military advisory assistance to Syrian armed forces in their operations against the terrorist groups, which have the backing of Tel Aviv and its allies. Iran’s presence in Syria comes at the request of the government in Damascus. Hezbollah forces have also been assisting the Syrian government on the ground to clear areas bordering Leb from terrorist groups. Israel has been on high alert in recent days as Syrian government forces have made significant gains against foreign-backed Death Eaters near the Golan Heights. |
| Posted by:Fred |