Posted on 04/18/2016 1:20:31 PM PDT by Nachum
The United States does not consider the Golan Heights to be a part of Israel, State Department spokesperson John Kirby stressed on Monday, a day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed the Golan Heights "will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty."
"The U.S. position on the issue is unchanged," Kirby told reporters during a daily briefing at the State Department in Washington, according to Haaretz.
"This position was maintained by both Democratic and Republican administrations. Those territories are not part of Israel and the status of those territories should be determined through negotiations. The current situation in Syria does not allow this," he added.
On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet held a special meeting on the Golan Heights and Netanyahu opened the meeting with a declaration that “the Golan Heights will always remain under Israeli control."
The Prime Minister also called upon the international community to recognize Israel’s control of the territory.
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Barack Obama 'doesn't consider the Golan a part of Israel'
If Barack could give Texas back to Mexico he would
The Golan Heights is Israel. They were part of Israel from antiquity and recovered by Israel as a result of a war they did not start.
I don’t care if Obama or the GOPe agree. They are not the final arbiters.
Should read,..."Obama doesn't consider Golan part of Israel."
What on earth does what Obama thinks have to do with the US?
I think 155mm guns should be deployed within range of Kerry’s house. See how he likes it.
Along with most of the Southwest.
The US doesn’t consider Crimea to be part of Russia either.
“”This position was maintained by both Democratic and Republican administrations.”
I am skeptical.
Fubbo!!!! Fu!! Pos!!! Nobody has embarrassed the USA more in our entire history. Nobody.
I'm making a prediction right now,.... He will empty Gitmo before he's done, AND THEN GIVE GITMO BACK TO THE CUBANS TO RIVAL CARTER AS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY. I think he has a little tear in his eye that is jealous of Carter giving away the Panama Canal and is wondering how he can top that. His spooning with Castro got America lubed up for the coup de gras.
Yes, you beat me to it —— the world knows that Obama and his complicit ilk do NOT represent the majority of THE PEOPLE...
Newsflash!
The bias of Bambi and Kerry do NOT form the opinion of the United States.
Obama doesn’t think Israel is part of Israel.
He is. Without Mexico firing a single shot.
I am no expert on history but I’m dubious that any good argument could be made denying Israel’s contention.
In antiquity they have the only viable claim to it. And they came into possession of it when attacked by aggressors trying to destroy them. And it’s only use to their enemies is a place to create slums of poor people with miserable life’s who are brainwashed to murder innocent jews.
I can’t think of anyone alive today who tries harder to do evil things to innocent human beings everywhere (excepting his puppet master soroz). Bho is wired for evil. I sometimes think he’d like to be known for having done some good somewhere at sometime — but he just seems incapable of it. Meanwhile, he’s a horrible embarrassment to America. Let’s hope he self-deports when he’s done shafting us in February.
Captured in war. It belongs to Israel. End of story
Ever since Israel took the Golan, it has always been part of our foreign policy regardless of who is in the WH.
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