The Arab world rejects Donald Trump's decision on the sovereignty of Israel on the Golan Heights

The Arab world has largely opposed the recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights by the President of the United States, which has confirmed the dependence of the Golan Heights vis-à-vis Syria, pointing out that this action violated international resolutions.

Arab League
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Gheit has strongly criticized the US's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, claiming that it is safe to say that it is safe to say that it is safe to say that it is safe to say that was a "null and void decision" and stressed in a statement that Trump's statement reflected "The Secretary General of the Arab League pointed out that the US statement did not change the status of the legal Golan, pointing out that the Golan was a territory occupied by Syria and that no state recognized the sovereignty of Israel in that territory.

Lebanon
Lebanon was the first Arab country, with the exception of Syria, to condemn the signing of the Golan Decree by Trump. The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the decision "violates all the rules of international law and undermines any effort to achieve a just peace." The principle of land for peace falls. will have more peace to give. "
The ministry pointed out that "the Golan Heights are a Syrian Arab land and that no decision can change this incident, any more than a country falsifies history by transferring ownership of the land from One country to another ". If Israel believes it will expand its occupation of the territory through violence and aggression, will find itself in greater isolation and facing a new military defeat, will not benefit from power or racism, and will find for its safety that 39, a just and comprehensive peace, as will not benefit his new war against Gaza, which we strongly condemn.

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Palestine
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has strongly condemned Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and Israeli raids on Gaza. The Palestinian presidency reiterated in a statement that "sovereignty is not decided by Israel or the United States, no matter how long the occupation lasts, and the red lines of the Palestinian, occupied, Palestinian territories. Arab and international can not be bypassed. "
According to the statement, Abbas "stressed that there was no legitimacy for anyone without the resolutions of the Security Council, the UN General Assembly and the Peace Initiative. Arab".

jordan
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said his country's position was "coherent and clear in rejecting Israel's annexation of the occupied Golan and any resolution that recognizes this annexation as a unilateral decision that will increase tensions. in the region and will not change the fact that the occupied Golan is a Syrian territory.In accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. "
Al-Safadi added that Security Council resolution 497 (1981), which rejected Israel's decision to annex the occupied Golan, clearly affirmed the position of the international community on the Golan Heights and affirmed the character Israel's imposition of its laws and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan.

Iraq
"The United States' call for recognition of the sovereignty of the Israeli occupation over the Syrian Golan gives legitimacy to the occupation and contravenes international law," the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. in a statement. "Iraq supports the resolutions of international legitimacy issued by the UN Security Council, End the Occupation," Sahaf said, saying that "the old age of the occupation is the same. occupation in the hands of the country that occupies it does not gain the legitimacy of sovereignty over them ".

Kuwait
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al-Jarallah expressed his regret at the US decision on the Golan Heights, saying that the latter should take steps to "contain the tension in the region".
Al-Jarallah said Trump's decision would lead to "further tension and a deterioration of the already stalled peace process," underscoring his country's firm stance that the Golan is a occupied Syrian territory. He also pointed out that Trump's decision contravened international laws, Security Council resolutions and resolution 497 Annexation of the Golan.
Kuwait, by this statement, called for American "friends" to reconsider this decision because of the negative reactions and repercussions.

Qatar
Qatar reiterated "its refusal of US recognition of the sovereignty of the Israeli entity over the Syrian Golan Heights", and reaffirmed in a statement by its Foreign Ministry "its assertion of its principled position that the Golan Heights are occupied Arab lands, "added Qatar. Withdraw from all occupied Arab territories, including the Golan Heights, "stating that" any unilateral decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan will be a major obstacle to the desired peace in the region ".

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