The UN Security Council yesterday dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent claim to his cabinet that the Golan Heights would "forever" remain under Israel's control, as it has been since Israel seized it from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967, the Jewish Press website reports today (April 27, 2016).
After reviewing Netanyahu's claim, the UN Security Council members "expressed deep concern" over his position and "stressed that the status of the Golan remains unchanged."
The UNSC rotating president, China's UN envoy Liu Jieyi, told reporters that Israel's imposing its laws in the Golan is against Council Resolution 497, and is "null and void and without international legal effect."
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon responded: "Holding a meeting on this topic completely ignores the reality in the Middle East. While thousands of people are being massacred in Syria... the Security Council has chosen to focus on Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East."
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