Ron DeSantis, a strong supporter of embassy move to Jerusalem, says he has presented proposal to the Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs
ed note–again, we must consider the timing of all of this.
Trump is about to release the details of his much discussed ‘ultimate peace deal’ he has been working on for 35 years, and it is likely to contain some provision in it for the return of the Golan Heights–stolen by God’s chosen land thieves–from Syria in the 1967 war, and Netanyahu is pulling all the strings he has in the US Congress to get some ‘official’ recognition of the validity of this theft before Trump starts the peace train a-rolling. It is also somewhere between possible and probable that Trump–working through his back channel with the Russians–has secured at least a tacit agreement with the Syrians that if the Golan is returned to them that they might ratchet down some of their rhetoric and activity in the region, giving an otherwise volcanic situation the opportunity of de-escalating.
Times of Israel
Following the relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem last week, an American congressman is calling on Washington to recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights.
In an interview published Sunday, Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis (R) told the Walla news website he had brought the proposal before the Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which he is a member, on Thursday.
Israel captured the Golan in 1967 from Syria, which used its elevated position to routinely shell Israeli settlements in the Galilee. The Jewish state annexed the territory in 1981, in a move never recognized by the international community — including by the United States — which still regards it as occupied.
DeSantis told Walla he had suggested that amendment to a chapter on Syria in the US military’s budget. Though the move would be largely symbolic, he noted, approval could encourage the administration to take a position on the matter.
The congressman said his action seemed to him a natural follow-up to the embassy’s relocation from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last Monday, particularly in light of the ongoing civil war in Syria, and Iran’s attempts to entrench itself across the border from Israel.
The congressman said that just as Washington’s relocation of its embassy would help take Jerusalem off the table in peace negotiations, American recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights would clarify it has no intention of forcing Jerusalem to relinquish the territory.
DeSantis attended the ceremony celebrating the opening of the Jerusalem embassy last Monday. He had long been a proponent of the move and last March led a Congressional fact-finding mission to Israel on a possible relocation.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December and to relocate the embassy there was highly controversial, and was rejected by most world leaders including the European Union. The long-standing international position has been that Jerusalem’s contested status should only be recognized as part of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
The move led to widespread anger in the Arab world and to violent Palestinian protests.
A violent mass demonstration along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel Monday, set to coincide with the embassy ceremony, led to the deaths of some 60 Palestinians by Israeli fire. Hamas has admitted that 50 of the dead were its members. Islamic Jihad said three others were its members. Israel said that some of those killed were involved in planting explosives or firing on soldiers and that Hamas was using the border protests as cover to stage attacks.
6 thoughts on “Congressman seeks US recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Golan Heights”
Is this a sick joke?? Golan Heights belongs to the Syria, it was forcibly taken from them in 1967 and never given back. This has been Israel’s plan all along, to take over the whole peninsular. Israel needs to be sanction by the UN and their produce boycotted until they become humanized.
Israel want’s the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and Gaza, and they are willing to commit genocide until they do so, This while the media (Jewish owned) and the world is silent.
@robken – Israel already had gaza but relinquest control and gave it to the Palestinians. as for Golan, as the article states, “used its elevated position to routinely shell Israeli settlements in the Galilee” and it holds control of the the largest freshwater reserve in the area. its not one Israel can give up
“The Jewish state annexed the territory in 1981, in a move never recognized by the international community — including by the United States — which still regards it as occupied.”
Many people around the world think all of Palestine is occupied.
“Hamas has admitted that 50 of the dead were its members.”
It’s WELL known that Hamas was begun and is run by Mossad.
Hear is “Dr. Steve Pieczenik” who, starting @ minute 23:00 you will hear state that in 1988-89, he was “working” in the Gaza strip and was told, at that time, that a “new group” was being formed “by the Israeli Mossad by the name of Hamas”. He goes on to state that what is going on in Palestine now is “strategic tension” because of Bibi’s problems at home. He says that Israel is “in a very dangerous position” and that Hezbollah is not a small army. He states Bibi is wanting to get the U.S. into a direct war with Iran and that’s why he recently directly attacked Iran.
The rest of the interview is VERY interesting as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-na1_jgbENQ
Will they recognize also the “anexation” of Crimea by the Russians ?
I absolutely agree about “locating the deep state.” I’ve been puzzling for several years over just exactly who the deep state is (not just the US deep state, but also the EU deep state), and realized about a month ago that the deep state is Israel. Maybe it dawned on me as a result of asking the question: Who is controlling Trump? The answer is more obvious than ever now.
Instead of hiding behind the US, Israel is coming out of the bushes into the light and acting openly on their own. The shock-and-awe bombing of Syria April 30 and the Gaza massacre did not help their case, and the world is taking notice. Even many American Jews, to their credit, are openly criticizing current Israeli “policy” — or is it madness?
ed note–You’re not ‘getting it’. The ‘Deep state’ is not ‘controlling’ Trump, but is out to remove him because he is uncontrollable on several fronts and jeopardizes the Deep State’s agenda, and those American Jews who are criticizing current Israeli policy are only doing so for reasons related to PR and to their own ‘by way of deception, we shall make war’ protocol.
Where you are correct however, 666% in fact, is that these people suffer from madness.
Is this a sick joke?? Golan Heights belongs to the Syria, it was forcibly taken from them in 1967 and never given back. This has been Israel’s plan all along, to take over the whole peninsular. Israel needs to be sanction by the UN and their produce boycotted until they become humanized.
Israel want’s the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and Gaza, and they are willing to commit genocide until they do so, This while the media (Jewish owned) and the world is silent.
@robken – Israel already had gaza but relinquest control and gave it to the Palestinians. as for Golan, as the article states, “used its elevated position to routinely shell Israeli settlements in the Galilee” and it holds control of the the largest freshwater reserve in the area. its not one Israel can give up
“The Jewish state annexed the territory in 1981, in a move never recognized by the international community — including by the United States — which still regards it as occupied.”
Many people around the world think all of Palestine is occupied.
“Hamas has admitted that 50 of the dead were its members.”
It’s WELL known that Hamas was begun and is run by Mossad.
Hear is “Dr. Steve Pieczenik” who, starting @ minute 23:00 you will hear state that in 1988-89, he was “working” in the Gaza strip and was told, at that time, that a “new group” was being formed “by the Israeli Mossad by the name of Hamas”. He goes on to state that what is going on in Palestine now is “strategic tension” because of Bibi’s problems at home. He says that Israel is “in a very dangerous position” and that Hezbollah is not a small army. He states Bibi is wanting to get the U.S. into a direct war with Iran and that’s why he recently directly attacked Iran.
The rest of the interview is VERY interesting as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-na1_jgbENQ
Will they recognize also the “anexation” of Crimea by the Russians ?
I absolutely agree about “locating the deep state.” I’ve been puzzling for several years over just exactly who the deep state is (not just the US deep state, but also the EU deep state), and realized about a month ago that the deep state is Israel. Maybe it dawned on me as a result of asking the question: Who is controlling Trump? The answer is more obvious than ever now.
Instead of hiding behind the US, Israel is coming out of the bushes into the light and acting openly on their own. The shock-and-awe bombing of Syria April 30 and the Gaza massacre did not help their case, and the world is taking notice. Even many American Jews, to their credit, are openly criticizing current Israeli “policy” — or is it madness?
ed note–You’re not ‘getting it’. The ‘Deep state’ is not ‘controlling’ Trump, but is out to remove him because he is uncontrollable on several fronts and jeopardizes the Deep State’s agenda, and those American Jews who are criticizing current Israeli policy are only doing so for reasons related to PR and to their own ‘by way of deception, we shall make war’ protocol.
Where you are correct however, 666% in fact, is that these people suffer from madness.