{"id":16042,"date":"2019-03-25T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16042"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:50:48","slug":"israel-says-us-to-recognise-golan-as-its-territory-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16042","title":{"rendered":"Israel says US to recognise Golan as its territory Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16049\" width=\"588\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2-1024x615.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2-600x360.jpg 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wafa-2.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption>Druze people take part in a rally over U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s support for Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in Majdal Shams near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights March 23, 2019. Photo courtesy WAFA <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>JERUSALEM, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 US President Donald Trump will sign an order recognising Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights when he meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, Israel\u2019s foreign minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump will sign tomorrow in the presence of PM Netanyahu an order recognising Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,\u201d Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on Twitter on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow, President Trump, in the presence of PM Netanyahu,&nbsp;will sign a decree recognizing Israel&#8217;s sovereignty on the Golan. Israel-US&nbsp;ties are closer than ever,&#8221; Katz said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel seized the strategic plateau&nbsp;from Syria in the Six-Day War in 1967, subsequently annexing it in 1981 in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/golan-heights-why-it-matters-to-us-israel-and-syria\/a-48019484\">a move never recognized by the international community<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump broke with decades of US Middle East policy when he posted a Tweet on Thursday that said it was time to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/trump-time-for-us-to-fully-recognize-golan-heights-as-israeli\/a-48012957\">accept Israel&#8217;s widely contested claim to the border territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision has been criticized by many US allies \u2014&nbsp;Germany, Britain, France&nbsp;and the EU have all said they still consider&nbsp;the Golan Heights to be &#8220;occupied&#8221; by Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russia-iran-and-syria-slam-trumps-golan-heights-comments\/a-48016842\">Syria and other states in the region<\/a>&nbsp;said the recognition, if confirmed, would violate&nbsp;international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netanyahu has long pushed for Washington&#8217;s endorsement, and many analysts see Trump&#8217;s comments&nbsp;as&nbsp;a campaign gift ahead of Israel&#8217;s April 9 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, Trump drew condemnation throughout the Middle East when he&nbsp;recognized the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s capital. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) \u2013 US President Donald Trump will sign an order recognising Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the Golan Heights when he meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, Israel\u2019s foreign minister said. \u201cPresident Trump will sign tomorrow in the presence of PM Netanyahu an order recognising Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,217,296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16042"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}