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Politics behind recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Syria’s Golan

Date: 19/05/2019 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Israel has become ever more undisguised in its attempt to permanently occupy the Syrian Golan with the self-righteous backing of Washington.

President Trump recently wrote on his Twitter account that it is time for the US to fully recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan.

It met an immediate objection even from the US allies as well as international organizations including the UN and Arab nations.

The UN secretary general said Syria’s Golan is apparently part of the Syrian territory occupied by Israel and all international laws confirming this still exist, expressing the invariable stand of the UN to recognize Syria’s territorial sovereignty over the occupied Golan in the future, too. The president of the Council of State of Cuba, German foreign minister and Japanese cabinet secretary also joined voices against the US decision.

Trump, however, signed the declaration recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan at the talks with the Israeli prime minister a few days after posting the article on Twitter account.

What then are the political interests the US seeks by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan despite the strong opposition of the international community?

In a nutshell, it can be said that the US-style individualism to “kill three birds with one stone” has acted on it.

First, it is aimed at creating a favourable environment for reelection in the 2020 presidential election. The Republicans want to lure Jews, the major financial resources, to raise a huge sum of money needed for the election campaign. To this end, it was necessary to provide favourable conditions for Netanyahu’s reelection.

Thanks to the “strong guardian”, Netanyahu who was charged on suspicion of irregularities and corruption, was reelected in the April election. There is no need to explain that he would be more faithful to the US to repay the favour shown by it.

Second, it is intended to seize the abundant natural resources deposited in the occupied Golan.

It is now estimated that an enormous amount of oil is deposited in the 1 500-metre deep underground of the Golan. Israel prospected for oil in the region in secrecy from 1970, but in vain. The US businesses began oil-well boring in 2015 under license of development from Israel. If they succeed in oil boring, Israel will be an oil exporting country from 2020.

Third, it is planned to help Israel gain military upper hand in the Middle East.

The successive Israeli governments promised to return the occupied Golan if the Syrian government concludes a peace treaty with it, and Netanyahu also indicated the Israeli troop pullout from it in the period of his first-term office.

However, the Israeli stand on the return of the occupied Golan has changed greatly since the outbreak of the 2011 Syrian crisis. At present, Israel doggedly pursues a diplomatic foray to achieve the new goal of completely annexing the occupied Golan to its territory.

It sees the region as a natural fortress to defend itself from the “possible Syrian attack”. In case it is returned to Syria, Israel must reinforce 10 times more troops than those now deployed in the border areas, but if it continues to seize the region, troops of about one brigade are enough for it to check the “Syrian attack”.

By officially recognizing the dominion over such a military and strategic vantage point, the US intends to throw its weight behind the ally and strengthen the position of Israel and then its own position in the Middle East.

But Washington’s recognition is a flagrant violation of the UN Charter on national self-determination and rules of international law.

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