Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait criticized Monday's move to recognize Israel's 1981 annexation and said the territory was occupied Arab land. Iran echoed the comments, describing Trump's decision as unprecedented this century. 'No one could imagine
1 / 5Visitors stand at a lookout point facing the Sa'ar Falls in the Israeli-occupied Golan HeightsVisitors stand at a lookout point facing the Sa'ar Falls in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar AwadBy Maher Chmaytelli
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait criticized Monday's move to recognize Israel's 1981 annexation and said the territory was occupied Arab land. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi said it was an impediment to peace."No one could imagine that a person in America comes and gives land of a nation to another occupying country, against international laws and conventions," President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed it in 1981, in a move the U.N. Security Council declared unlawful. It described the declaration as a clear violation of the United Nations Charter and of international law.
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