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handle is hein.crs/govyxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ~.Research Service Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights: U.S. Recognition of Israel's Sovereignty Claim Updated March 26, 2019 On March 25, 2019, President Trump signed a proclamation stating that the United States recognizes the Golan Heights (hereinafter, the Golan) to be part of the State of Israel, based on the rationale that any future peace agreement should address threats Israel encounters from Syria-including from Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. The President did not specify the territorial bounds of Israeli sovereignty that the United States recognizes in the Golan. Israel gained control of the Golan from Syria during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and effectively annexed it unilaterally by applying Israeli law to the region in 1981 (see Figure 1 and textbox below for a map, synopsis, and timeline). President Trump's proclamation changes long-standing U.S. policy on the Golan, and may have a number of effects (see Outlook below), including on Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy and the security picture in and around Syria. Since 1967, successive U.S. Administrations supported the general international stance that the Golan is Syrian territory occupied by Israel, with its final status subject to negotiation (see Background on U.S. Policy and International Involvement below). In reaction to the proclamation and the President's earlier Twitter statement, others in the international community have insisted that the Golan's status has not changed. President Trump's action came during a closely contested Israeli campaign-with elections scheduled for April 9-while Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was visiting Washington, DC. During the campaign, Netanyahu has called on the international community to recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan, and his position is widely popular in Israel. In Congress, Senate and House bills introduced in February 2019 support Israeli sovereignty claims, and would treat the Golan as part of Israel in any existing or future law relating to appropriations or foreign commerce. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11081 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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