Israel plans to double settlers living in occupied Golan Heights to further consolidate its hold on the territory it captured from Syria five decades ago
Naftali Bennett said the war in Syria made the idea of Israeli control of the territory more acceptable to its international allies
Speaking at a special Cabinet session being held in the Golan Heights on Sunday, Bennett said the recognition by the Trump administration of Israeli sovereignty over the swath of land, and the Biden administration’s indication that it will not at this point walk that decision back, prompted the new investment in the region.
Entrenching Israeli control over the territory would complicate any future attempt to forge peace with Syria, which claims the Golan Heights. The US was the first country to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan, which the rest of the international community regards as Israeli-occupied.
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