Analysis: No president has recognized Israel’s control of the Golan Heights. Trump changed that with a tweet.
Israeli tourists stand next to a sign showing the distance between Damascus and Washington near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights on March 22. By Adam Taylor Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow March 22 at 12:00 PM The Golan Heights is a strip of land, a little under 500 square miles, that sits high along the border between Israel and Syria. It was seized by Israeli forces from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967.
— Donald J. Trump March 21, 2019 Though welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the move prompted a backlash from a number of other states, including Syria, Russia and Iran. Some critics have noted that Trump’s announcement came shortly before Israeli elections April 9 in which Netanyahu, a vocal supporter of the U.S. president, is facing his toughest competition in years .
There are numerous possible motivations for the United States not recognizing Israeli control of the Golan over the past few decades, including a desire not to offend Arab states, a fear that such a move could legitimize annexations through war and the belief that it would run counter to U.N. resolutions.
Lipner added that “almost all” Israeli prime ministers, including Netanyahu, had hoped that the land could be used as part of a peace deal with Syria, as had happened with Sinai and Egypt in 1979. “In the interim, it had been an axiom of Israeli defense planning that the country’s Golan buffer with Syria was Israel’s least explosive border, thanks also to the Syrian regime running a tight ship,” Lipner said.
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