US to oppose UN motion condemning Israeli control of Golan Heights
by Oliver Holmes from World news | The Guardian on (#433J0)
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 in a move that was never recognised internationally
The US will oppose for the first time a UN resolution that calls for Israel to end its occupation of the Golan Heights, in a symbolic move on an issue that Israel has been lobbying hard for since Donald Trump entered office.
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