Netanyahu vows Golan Heights will remain part of Israel ‘forever’

In first cabinet meeting on territory captured from Syria in 1967, prime minister says land won’t be ceded as part of treaty to end Syrian civil war

ed note–please take note of what Netanyahu is quoted saying towards the end of the piece– 

‘The Golan was an integral part of the Land of Israel in ancient times.’

This is the crux of the issue, the elephant in the room, the cockroach on the wedding cake and everything in between, and unfortunately, the one thing which few people–both within this ‘movement’ and elsewhere–are willing to consider & discuss in a rational, intelligent, and adult manner–‘Greater Israel’, created in the mind of the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews and then ‘justified’ by quoting the various verses of their Torah which outline it, to wit–

‘On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abraham, saying “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates”…–Genesis, 15:18

‘And God spoke unto us saying, ‘Go to the hill-country and all the places nigh thereunto… in the Arabah, the hill-country and in the Lowland… in the South and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates…Go in therefore and possess the land which the Lord swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, unto them and to their seed after them…’ Deuteronomy 1:6–8

‘Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours, from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border…’ Deuteronomy 11:24

‘…From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border…’Joshua 1:4

–When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he will give you a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant…–Book of Deuteronomy

It is for this reason that the Jews will never–repeat, NEVER–allow the Palestinians to have their own ‘state’, and why eventually, once all the necessary ducks have been lined up, countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, as well as the Sinai and parts of Northern Saudi Arabia (all of which are considered illegal and non-existent creations according to Judaic law) will be ‘wiped off the map’ and absorbed within the biblical borders of the ‘Jewish state’ as outlined in the teachings of Judaism.

To those–whether they are those ‘good Jews’ who oppose the continued oppression of the Palestinians or whether they are leftists who are working towards a one-state, 2-state or 20-state ‘solution’ which they believe will resolve all the problems in the Middle East–if you believe that this can be done by ignoring this gorilla in the room, this thousands-of-years-old-dream which Israel considers as much part of the Zionist paradigm as Islam considers Mecca to be holy, you are living in a dream world. 

Times of Israel

The Golan Heights will forever remain part of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday during the first-ever cabinet meeting held on the Golan.

Speaking in the Israeli town of Ma’aleh Gamla, next to an archaeological site where Jewish rebels stood off against Roman soldiers nearly 2,000 years ago, Netanyahu said he told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday that Israel does not oppose current efforts to reach a political agreement to end the Syrian civil war, but that Israel’s boundary line with the country will not change.

“I convened this celebratory meeting in the Golan Heights to send a clear message: The Golan will always remain in Israel’s hands. Israel will never withdraw from the Golan Heights,” he declared.

Israel captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War from Syria and annexed it in 1981. The international community never accepted Israel’s annexation, and Israeli leaders see in the turmoil in Syria a chance to convince the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan.

The meeting was the first ever held by the cabinet in the territory.

In his conversation with Kerry, Netanyahu said it was doubtful Syria can ever become again what it was. The prime minister told the top US diplomat that Jerusalem would not oppose a peace agreement for Syria, “on the condition that it doesn’t come at the cost of Israel’s security,” he said.

The Israel’s side of the border, where some 50,000 people live — among them Syrian Druze who do not recognize Israeli sovereignty — is characterized by a flourishing community working in agriculture and tourism, while the Syrian part of the Golan is a war-torn area where minorities are being persecuted, he said.

“It is time that the international community recognized reality,” Netanyahu said. “Whatever happens on the other side of the border, the border itself will not move. Secondly, after 50 years it is time that the international community realized that the Golan will remain under Israeli sovereignty.”

Netanyahu added: “The Golan was an integral part of the Land of Israel in ancient times. That is documented by dozens of ancient synagogues around us. And the Golan is an integral part of the State of Israel in the present time.”

During the 19 years, from 1948-1967, in which the area was “under Syrian occupation,” it was used mostly for warfare against Israel, he said.