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| Trump: Time to recognise Golan Heights as Israeli territory | |
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| President Donald Trump says it is time the US recognises Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967. | |
| In a tweet, Mr Trump declared that the plateau was of "critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and regional stability". | In a tweet, Mr Trump declared that the plateau was of "critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and regional stability". |
| Israel applied its administration and law to the Golan in 1981, but other governments did not recognise the act. | Israel applied its administration and law to the Golan in 1981, but other governments did not recognise the act. |
| Syria has consistently sought to regain sovereignty over the region. | Syria has consistently sought to regain sovereignty over the region. |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has warned about the military "entrenchment" of his country's arch-enemy Iran in the Syria conflict, tweeted his thanks to Mr Trump on Thursday. | |
| "At a time when Iran seeks to use Syria as a platform to destroy Israel, President Trump boldly recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," he wrote. | |
| There was no immediate response from the Syrian government. |