Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Syria’s occupied Golan Heights are strategic for his government, which is working to double the number of Jew settlers there.
The government will hold an extraordinary session in Golan in November to ratify “a national plan” for the area, the PM said.
“We are determined to double the Israeli population, establish two new settlements there, provide industrial facilities that create job opportunities and inject more investments.”
The government is providing the necessary resources to realize this vision, he stressed, adding that he will ensure his agenda is fulfilled in this regard.
The Israeli Prime Minister shed light on what is happening, east of the Golan and in Syria in general.
“We are closely following what is happening in Syria and its ties with Iran, which seeks to send its proxies and establish another army in the Golan Heights to encircle Israel.”
“We will continue to work wherever and whenever necessary, proactively and on a daily basis, in order to wind down the Iranian presence in Syria,” he warned.
Bennett further stressed that Israel’s position on the Golan Heights issue is not only related to the situation in Syria.
The “atrocities” that have been taking place there for a decade now have convinced many around the world that Israel should take over to maintain its beautiful nature rather than being turned into another battlefield.
“The Golan Heights is Israeli. Point,” he stressed.
In mid-June 2019, the “Trump Heights,” a new settlement in the occupied Golan Heights named after former president Donald Trump was unveiled, in a gesture of appreciation for his recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the territory.
Since its occupation of Golan in 1967, Israel has established a city called Katzrin and 32 other settlements, inhabited by 27,000 settlers.
