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October 4, 2018

For the Sake of Peace, the West Should Recognize Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights

Doing so would also punish Bashar al-Assad.

In 1967, Israel seized the Golan—an area inhabited by Jews since biblical times—in a battle initiated by Syria, and in 1981 formally applied its laws there. Yet, as late as 2011, the U.S. was encouraging Jerusalem to negotiate the return of the territory to Damascus in exchange for promises of peace. To Rafael Bardaji and Richard Kemp, it is high time for both Washington and its allies to admit that the Jewish state’s continued control of the Golan is most conducive to regional stability:

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