“Israel won the Golan Heights in a just war of self-defense,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.
President Trump signs a proclamation on the Golan Heights as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watches at the White House on Monday.
The remark echoed comments by Netanyahu at a news conference with President Trump on Monday. “Israel won the Golan Heights in a just war of self-defense,” the Israeli leader said. During an interview in Beirut this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked whether there was no double standard in the United States imposing sanctions on Russia for the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and recognizing Israeli control of the Golan Heights.
“Israel gained control of the Golan through its legitimate response to Syrian aggression aimed at Israel’s destruction,” the spokeswoman said, speaking on background because of department rules. “Russia has occupied Crimea despite the fact that it has recognized Crimea as part of Ukraine in bilateral agreements, and despite its international obligations and commitments, including core OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] principles.
The Six-Day War is widely considered a military triumph for Israel, with the young nation’s army decisively beating the armies of three Arab nations: Egypt in the south, Jordan in the east and Syria in the north. The war began after Israel launched a preemptive strike following extensive military mobilization by its neighbors.
Since the end of World War II, the international community has condemned instances of countries using conflict to seize land or change borders. The U.N. Charter, signed in 1945, mandated that all members must “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
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