Trump Supports Israel Sovereignty Over Golan, Aiding Netanyahu
- Netanyahu to visit Trump next week ahead of tough re-election
- Move would be at odds with longstanding international policy
Israeli soldiers stationed in the Golan Heights look out across the southwestern Syrian province of Quneitra.
Photographer: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said it’s time for the U.S. to “fully recognize” Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a political gift to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just weeks before a tough re-election vote.
The remark -- which would break with decades of U.S. policy -- could prove decisive in swaying Israeli voters just as Netanyahu faces corruption allegations that have marred his campaign. It is also likely to draw a rebuke from the international community, which never recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the territory it captured in 1967.