, Still trying to make political gains on President Trump’s endorsement of the Golan Heights annexation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hinting that Trump’s extra-legal decree could have broad ramifications across the occupied territories.
Netanyahu claimed Trump’s move “proves” that Israel is able to hold occupied territories permanently, telling reporters that anything that is occupied “in a defensive war, then it’s ours.”
That the 1967 War actually saw Israel attack several countries and seize territory from them is beside the point, as Netanyahu and a generation of politicians have engaged in enough historical revisionism to sell at least a modicum of the far right on the idea that the attack was a “preemptive war.” The war not only saw the capture of Golan Heights from Syria, but also of the West Bank from Jordan.
Netanyahu’s new “it’s ours” mantra is clearly meant to sent the message to Israeli voters that the annexation of the West Bank, too, could be in the offing. Annexing the West Bank would have been unthinkable before Trump’s Golan move, as it would be seen as a formal and irrevocable disavowal of peace with the Palestinians. Netanyahu may, however, believe that Trump will go for it, and his far-right constituents also certainly will go for it. Whether he intends to actually attempt to do so before the election or not, Netanyahu has made the West Bank annexation a political issue.
Good job Donnie. Trump/Netanyahu 2020.
Netanyahu/Trump 2020. There, fixed that for you.
Netanyahu/whoever 2020….fixed the fix
Well, the 2-state solution was dead anyway … not enough room for a viable Palestine if all the settlements in the West Bank are to remain Israeli. So, that’s fine: annex it all. But the key is, annexation must come with citizenship and equal rights for ALL the new citizens of Israel. Otherwise, it’s obvious apartheid.
So Netanyahu has no interest in annexation.
It wasn’t very smart for the US to give the Golan area to Isreal and then claim to have honorable intentions in Syria. Makes the US look bad.
The US had NO right to give the Golan to Israel, since it’s sovereign Syrian territory and has been since the end of the 1973 war between the Zionist Entity and its Arab neighbors via UN resolution and agreement by the Security Council. According to both the resolution and agreement, the Golan Heights was returned to Syria.
Since Israel refuses to vacate the Golan – after Trump violated both US and International law by issuing/signing a declaration giving the already sovereign territory of Syria back to Israel – the UN has given Syria the green light to go in and drive the invaders back to Tel Aviv.
There was a recent statement from the US State Dept that the invaders had just left the Golan. That’s good news, since Israeli soldiers are cowards anyway. Good riddance to them.
What right did Great Britain to give the Golan Heights to Syria?What right did Syria have to shell their neighbors for twenty years?Syria picked the fight, then got their butts kicked..
You got your facts wrong mister. Netanyahu has been bombing Syria for decades. Syria is a by the United Nations recognised souvereign State. What right did Britain have to give Palestine to the Zionist movement?
US missiles and bombs must reaching their shelf life expiration date. Time to rotate stock.
Nertanhoo is a liar . Golan was captured in preemptive war ,war of choice by Israel and it was captured after Syrian army had already stopped fighting as was required by UN resolution. agreed upon by security council and honored by Arab armies.
I wholeheartedly agree; Nutty&Yahoo’s a pathological liar. Golan was captured in preemptive war, war of choice by Israel and it was captured after Syrian Army had already stopped fighting as was required by UN resolution, agreed upon by Security Council and honored by Arab armies.
This means that Golan is sovereign Syrian territory, and all Israeli forces within that territory must return to Tel Aviv as directed by this resolution. Trump’s signed declaration that Golan is sovereign Israeli territory is moot, since he had NO authority to issue/sign such a declaration. The decision had been made by the UN and agreed upon by the entire Security Council, wherein Golan was returned to Syria.
It was after Trump had illegally issued/signed the declaration of Israeli sovereignty over Golan that created a huge backlash and the UN gave Syria the green light to drive the Israeli invaders back to Tel Aviv.
The problem with the “might makes right” argument is there will come a time when you don’t have the might.
Ya, plus, it means the right amount of thugs can throw you out of your house, and slaughter your children. And, its “right”
Go ahead and set the precedent – and then in about three years, when Russia allied with Iran beats back an Israeli/American attack and the Palestinians/Syrians/Jordanians take advantage of the Israeli defeat and a rag-tag Arab Army invades the settlements and drive the squatter Jews back into Israel proper, there won’t need to be any UN resolutions tested or arcane international treaties examined – we can go directly to the Law of the Jungle and actual possession to be the only measure used.
The screams of the biters bit, will be a balm for many sore ears.
And what is all this empty talk about Russia’s “annexation” of Crimea? At least the Crimeans had a chance to vote in a referendum. (I believe even two referendums. Correct me if I am wrong) The people (Druze) of the Gillan Heights never were given a chance to vote.