Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights

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The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in southwestern Syria, in the Levant region of West Asia, that has been occupied by Israel since it was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community, with the exception of the United States and Colombia, considers the Golan Heights to be Syrian territory held by Israel under military occupation. Following the war, Syria dismissed any negotiations with Israel as part of the Khartoum Resolution. The Golan was under military administration until the Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law in 1981, which applied Israeli law to the territory; a move that has been described as an annexation. In response, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed UNSC Resolution 497 which condemned the Israeli actions to change the status of the territory declaring them "null and void and without international legal effect", and that the Golan remained an occupied territory. In 2019, the United States became the first state to recognize the Golan...

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