'He did it again': Benjamin Netanyahu praises President Trump for saying that the U.S. should back Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Read more here:
Turkey, a U.S. ally and an adversary of Damascus, also said the move had brought the Middle East to the edge of a new crisis and the legitimization of the occupation of the Golan Heights could not be allowed.
It said United States with its “stupidity and arrogance” had no right to decide the fate of the area and any move to recognize Israeli sovereignty over it was “an illegal action with no impact”. FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers stand on tanks near the Israeli side of the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
The European Union said its position on the status of the Golan Heights was unchanged and it did not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the area. Egypt, which made peace with Israel in 1979, said it still considers the Golan as occupied Syrian territory. In Lebanon, Pompeo is expected to flag U.S. concerns about Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah’s growing role in government: the group has three cabinet ministers and together with its allies controls more than 70 of parliament’s 128 seats.
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