March 24, 2019
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, on Saturday, that the United States President Donald Trump announcement, regarding the recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, violates the international law and boosts colonialism and the acquisition of territory by force.
The Golan Heights were captured by Israel from Syria during the June 1967 war and annexed in 1981.On Thursday, Trump announced that it is time for the US to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, in a dramatic move likely to provoke international opposition.
The ministry said in a statement that it “confirms once again that the Golan is Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, and that the decision to annex it in 1981 is null, void and illegal and that the American and Israeli positions calling for recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan are contrary to international law and constitute a flagrant violation of international legality and its relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 497.
“The statement added that the ministry strongly condemns such statements that are “an American-Israeli persistence in perpetuating colonialism and the arrogant attitude of bullying and might, as well as an extension of attempts by the Trump administration to topple the foundations of international order while hijacking and controlling it.”The ministry called upon all nations that support peace and stability in the region to speak out and unite their efforts to put a stop for the American bias toward the Israeli occupation and its policies, considering it a direct attack on Palestinian and Arab rights recognized by the international organization.
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