{"id":16414,"date":"2019-03-26T17:40:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16414"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:50:09","slug":"canada-will-not-recognize-israeli-control-over-golan-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16414","title":{"rendered":"Canada will not recognize Israeli control over Golan Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amman, March 26 (NNN-PETRA) &#8212; The Canadian government Tuesday announced it does not recognize permanent Israeli control of the Golan Heights  <br>hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree recognizing <br>the disputed region as Israeli territory.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In accordance with international law, Canada does not recognize permanentt Israeli control over the Golan Heights. Canada\u2019s long-standing position remains unchanged,&#8221; Global Affairs Canada said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Annexation of territory by force is prohibited under international law. Any declaration of a unilateral border change goes against the foundation of the rules-based international order,&#8221; it explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Canada remains &#8220;a steadfast friend&#8221; of Israel\u2019s, the Global Affairs said adding: &#8220;We stand with Israel and support Israel\u2019s right to live in peace and security with its neighbors.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked on in the White House as Trump signed a proclamation officially granting U.S. recognition of the Golan as Israeli territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-PETRA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amman, March 26 (NNN-PETRA) &#8212; The Canadian government Tuesday announced it does not recognize permanent Israeli control of the Golan Heights hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree recognizing the disputed region as Israeli territory. &#8220;In accordance with international law, Canada does not recognize permanentt Israeli control over the Golan Heights. Canada\u2019s long-standing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":16227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16414"}],"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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}