The U.S. has opposed “an annual draft resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority over the occupied Golan Heights, drawing praise from Israeli officials.”
The jihadist goal has been since 1948 and remains to obliterate Israel. For Israel to surrender the strategically important Golan Heights would aid the jihadists in attaining their goal. The UN remains virulently anti-Israel while it aims to improve its relationship and collaborations with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Kudos to America’s UN representatives and President Trump for this decision.
“U.S. Opposes Anti-Israel Golan Heights U.N. Draft Resolution,” Breitbart, November 18, 2018:
The Algemeiner reports: The United States opposed on Friday for the first time an annual draft resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority over the occupied Golan Heights, drawing praise from Israeli officials.
The Golan Heights form a buffer between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square km (460 square miles). Israel captured most of it from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war. It annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognized internationally…..