For years, the West paid virtually no attention to this very real threat on Israel’s borders. Israel was never the aggressor
June 5, 1967: Following two decades of Arab rejection of the newly established state of Israel, war erupts, again.
The area has little, if any, religious significance for anyone, was and remains sparsely populated , and Palestinians have never lived there, nor do they claim it as ancestral territory. A battle had been ongoing for weeks between FSA forces and ISIL, the latter having captured the hill and immediately planted their black flag at the top. Unknown numbers of fighters on both sides died in these battles.
Again, the IDF prevailed, maintaining control over the Sinai desert and the Golan Heights. In both wars, the Arab countries were very much the aggressors, bellicosely so — a critical point when it comes to considering international law. Had Crimea attacked Russia and lost territory, that would be analogous to the Israel-Syria-Golan situation. Had Kuwait attacked Iraq and lost territory, that would be analogous to the Golan situation.Israel did not attack Syria. Indisputable historical fact
On Monday, during a ceremony at the White House, President Trump signed an Order proclaiming U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as being part of Israeli sovereign territory, and specifying: “Any possible future peace agreement in the region must account for Israel’s need to protect itself from Syria and other regional threats.”
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