Donald Trump said "it's time for the United States to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights"

President Donald Trump said Thursday that The United States must "fully recognize" Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heightsin a statement that was quickly celebrated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"After 52 years, it's time for The United States fully recognizes the sovereignty of Israel on the Golan Heights", Trump wrote in a tweet, in which he called this territory as" de strategic importance and security for the state of Israel and regional stability ".

The Israeli Prime Minister's response was immediate, and quickly hailed the will of the American. It's a real hug in the middle of the Israeli election campaign, Netanyahu presenting his privileged relationship with the United States as a personal success.

"At a time when Iran is seeking to use Syria as a platform to destroy Israel, President Trump bravely recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights – thank you, President Trump!" Said the President on his Twitter account.

The positioning of the American president in this territory located in the border between Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan It takes place a few days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington on March 25. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently in Jerusalem, although he refused to answer.

Last December, Republican Senators Ted Cruz (Texas) and Tom Cotton (Arkansas) They presented to the Senate a resolution asking the government to recognize Israeli sovereignty in these territories.

As the resolution presented, "Israel took possession of the Golan Heights during a defensive war 50 years ago and has been controlling the area responsibly ever since. It is time for the United States to recognize the reality of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. "

Netanyahu argued that Iran could prepare a terrorist attack on Israel from the Golan Heights – which Israel kidnapped from Syria in the 1967 war – as the main argument invoked by the international community to recognize Israeli sovereignty over this territory.

In his recent annual report on human rights, the US State Department for the first time, he stopped using the phrase "occupied by Israel" to define the Golan and replaced the term "controlled by Israel".

Trump will meet Netanyahu next Monday and will be supping with him the next day, according to the White House, which said both will speak of "the common interests of their two countries and their actions in the Middle East during their working meeting".

With the information of the agencies