Fourteen other nations support Syria’s claim of rightful ownership
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed proclamation on the Golan Heights alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 25, 2019.The United States came under sharp criticism from the 14 other Security Council nations Wednesday for its decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in violation of council resolutions.
Syria’s closest ally Russia urged governments to continue to view the Golan Heights as Israeli-occupied territory. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it in 1981. A 1974 ceasefire agreement that officially ended the 1973 Mideast war led to the deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNDOF on the Golan Heights.
Cohen said U.S. recognition that the Golan Heights are part of Israel doesn’t affect the 1974 ceasefire agreement, “nor do we believe that it undermines UNDOF’s mandate in any way.”
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