Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-08-09 13:24:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 06885ECAB7945D76615E6915A11A5F9EDC1BBCC1CF903D7DEB192CC6F7EB88A4
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Golan Heights are not "occupied" -following the 1967 war Syria & Israel reached a ceasefire & agreed the Golan is on Israel's side of the "purple line" https://www.sixdaywar.org/war/the-syrian-front/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39960461 https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_arab_israeli_conflict/82/ https://israeled.org/golan-heights-law/ Israel officially annexed them in 1981 by law https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/about/history/Documents/kns10_golan_eng.pdf https://www.gov.il/en/pages/golan-heights https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263208508700613 The US recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/25/trump-formally-recognises-israeli-sovereignty-over-golan-heights https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/united-states-recognizes-israeli-sovereignty-over-the-golan-heights/B634F400CE33ED5617E18B92AB33E7EC https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/26/israel-trumps-golan-heights-decision-is-no-brainer-occupying-territory-gained-defensive-war-is-justifiable/?noredirect=on https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/25/politics/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu/index.html
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