The Arab world rejects Trump's decision on the Golan, stressing its dependence on Syria

The Arab world has largely opposed the recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights by US President Donald Trump, who has confirmed Syria's dependence on the Golan Heights, saying that this measure was violating international resolutions.
Arab League

Following the Trump Declaration, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly criticized the US decision to recognize Israel 's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, saying that it "s safe for all. acted "of a null and void decision".

In a statement, Aboul Gheit stressed that the Trump Declaration reflected "a situation of exit from international law in a spirit and in a manner that reduces the status of the United States of America in the region and in the world".

The secretary general of the Arab League pointed out that the US statement did not change the legal status of the Golan, pointing out that the Golan is a occupied Syrian territory on which no state recognizes Israel's sovereignty over it.

Lebanon

Lebanon was the first Arab country, with the exception of Syria, to condemn the signing of the Golan Decree by Trump, where the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the decision "violates all rules of international law and undermines any effort to bring about a just peace, there will be no 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, and that no country can visit history by transferring ownership of the land from one country to another ". "If Israel believes that it is expanding its occupation of land by violence and aggression, it will find itself in greater isolation and facing a new military defeat, will not enjoy power or racism, and will not find security but a just and comprehensive peace And will not benefit from its new war against Gaza, which we strongly condemn.

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 of America, regardless of the duration of the occupation, and that the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem will remain in its more sacred and that the occupied Palestinian territories, the Palestinian, Arab and international lines 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 the annexation of the occupied Golan by Israel and rejecting 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 the position of the international community on the Golan Heights was clear in United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 of 1981, which rejected Israel's decision to annex the occupied Golan Heights and emphasized the illegality of Israel's imposition of its laws and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan.

Iraq

In turn, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced through its spokesman, Ahmed al-Sahaf, that Baghdad believed that "the call of the United States to recognize the sovereignty of the Israeli occupation over the Syrian Golan gives legitimacy to the occupation and is contrary to international law ".

He added that "Iraq supports the international legitimacy resolutions issued by the UN Security Council, which provides for the end of the occupation".

Al-Sahaf stressed that "the old age of occupation by putting one's hand on the land it occupied does not confer on it legitimacy and sovereignty".

Kuwait

At the same time, Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Jarallah expressed his regret at the US decision on the Golan, saying he was planning to take steps to "contain the tension in the country." the region".

Al-Jarallah said Trump's decision would lead to "more tension and the length of the already stalled peace process," stressing that his country was firmly convinced that the Golan was a occupied Syrian territory. Golan Heights.

Kuwait, through this statement, called for US "friends" to reconsider this decision because of negative reactions and repercussions.