Minister urges US to recognize Israeli sovereignty in Golan Heights

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) called on the government Wednesday to increase the number of residents in the Golan Heights over the coming years and said that the US needed to be convinced to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the area which was declared under former Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s leadership.

The comments were made at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center during a conference marking 35 years since the passing of a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the northern land mass taken in the 1967 Six-Day War.

“We must on the new American administration to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” Katz told his audience.

 

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