Israel to double population in occupied Golan Heights
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Israel to double population in occupied Golan Heights
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Context:
- Israel announced plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights, citing ongoing security threats from Syria.
About Golan Heights:
- The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria.
- Golan Heights shares a border with Jordan and Lebanon.
- It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east.
- The plateau offers strategic advantage to Israel.
Israeli annexation:
- Israel captured the area from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1981, a move recognized by the US under former President Donald Trump in 2019.
- Most countries do not acknowledge the annexation, and Syria continues to demand Israel’s withdrawal.
- It’s considered occupied territory under international law and UN Security Council resolutions.