Trump has recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli territory and tension is growing with Muslim countries

Donald Trump signed Monday night recognition by the United States of Israeli sovereignty over the strategic territory of the Golan Heights. His decision triggered alarms in the Muslim world. The voice protests against the decision of the White House did not wait: from Syria, Lebanon, Mauritania, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia came the first criticisms and warnings.

White House support demonstrations in Israel increase tension in already complicated relationship between the Jewish country and the Muslims. An example of this was the quick reaction of Saudi Arabia, a major ally of the United States in the region, after the Republican announcement.

The Saudi kingdom has ruled that the Golan is "an occupied Syrian Arab land" and he warned that to recognize her as Israeli it is a "violation of the Charter the United Nations. "This decision "it will have negative effects in the peace process in the Middle East, as well as in the security and stability of the region, "he warned.

In Syria, thousands of people took to the streets to protest after the new denunciation of Damascus a "flagrant attack" against his sovereignty.

Although the United States broke the tense calm of recent weeks between the two countries of the Middle East, the conflict around this territory began after Israel took control of much of the Golan Heights Syrian (1200 km2)in the six-day war in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Annexation has never been recognized by the UN.

From Southeast Asia, there were also claims. The Indonesian government rejected the measures taken by the United States and baderted that it it does not help to establish peace in the region. "This recognition does not favor efforts to create peace and regional stability, "said the Indonesian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

Indonesia maintains its recognition of the Golan Heights as an "inseparable part of the the sovereignty "of Syria which "is currently occupied by Israel since the 1967 war".

From Northwest Africa, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania considered that this action constituted "a threat to security and stability from all over the region and the world ".

It's a measure "that violates the principles that govern the law and resolutions of international legality, in particular resolution 497 of 1981 ", lamented the Mauritanian government in a statement, and also expressed its defense" against the unity of the Syrian territories in accordance with the provisions of international law ".

Trump signed the presidential decree Monday at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and justified the measure for "aggressive actions" from Iran and "terrorist" groups against Israel.

This measurement too was criticized by the Kremlin. Russian presidential spokesman Dimitri Peskov warned that there will be "negative consequences" for the recognition of the United States to the sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights.

For their part, the United Nations has indicated that of the Golan Heights does not change for the announcement of the White House.

"For the Secretary General Antonio Guterres, it is clear that the status of the Golan has not changed. The United Nations policy on the Golan comes from the resolutions adopted by the Security Council and this policy has not changed, "said UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.

With an annual cost of about 60 million dollars, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has a thousand peacekeepers and has been tasked since 1974 with the control of demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights.

At the UN, the resolution that is regularly renewed the mandate of UNDOF has the peculiarity (peculiar to peace operations) of being drafted each year by the United States and Russia.

The Golan, a territory considered strategic, It is rich in water and dominates Galilee and the Sea of ​​Galilee on the side controlled by Israel.