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Trump signs US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

US recognition for Israeli control over the territory breaks with decades of international consensus.

By AFP
March 25, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a border area seized from Syria in 1967.

"This was a long time in the making," Trump said alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. US recognition for Israeli control over the territory breaks with decades of international consensus.