Like the decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights came as a surprise to many, even if the matter had already gathered steam on Capitol Hill in recent years. It was one of the least publicly discussed aspects of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meeting with Trump at the White House in February 2017. So why is the Golan so important?
For decades American presidents have refused to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. On Thursday, President Trump made the right decision to change that.
The White House determined Friday for the first time that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) no longer controls any territory in Syria.
No one knows for sure what will happen in the Middle East over the next several months, but there are enough signs to suggest that history is about to rhyme.
It is not just a moral stain on humanity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remain in power, but also a major threat to American and allied interests.
Pro-Palestinian activism is too often a charade, masquerading as an effort to protect human rights when, in reality, it is a campaign to attack Israel, the Jew among nations.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) released a presidential campaign ad this week which denounces regime change wars while showing a clip of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s military dropping barrel bombs on a Syrian city.
Leading Republican senators are renewing efforts to formally recognize the contested Golan Heights region on Israel’s northern border as officially part of the Jewish state, according to U.S. officials who described this effort to the Washington Free Beacon as a “slam dunk.”
