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Syria\u2019s permanent representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja\u2019afari, has reiterated the Arab country\u2019s right to liberate the Golan Heights from Israeli occupation, adding that restoring Syrian sovereignty to the territory remains a priority for the Damascus government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Israeli regime has occupied Arab lands, including the Syrian Golan Heights, for the past 35 years in a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and rules of the international law,\u201d Ja\u2019afari said at a UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East via video call.<\/p>\n\n

The Syrian official slammed the Tel Aviv regime for its \u201csystematic\u201d violations of international law and human rights in the occupied territory, including restriction of the locals\u2019 movements, demolition of houses and destruction of natural resources.<\/p>\n\n

He noted that Washington\u2019s support for the Tel Aviv regime and its settlement expansion policies have reached an unprecedented level, and were embodied in decisions by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the \u201ccapital\u201d of Israel in December 2017 and endorse \u201cIsraeli sovereignty\u201d over the Golan Heights in March 2019.<\/p>\n\n


\nThe Syrian diplomat then condemned Israel\u2019s unilateral actions in the occupied lands, emphasizing that such measures are taken by a party devoid of any political or legal capacity to decide the fate of peoples.<\/p>\n\n

Ja\u2019afari also denounced an Israeli missile strike south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday night, stating that the attack was another desperate attempt to uplift the morale of the last pockets of Takfiri terrorist groups and a blatant violation of the 1974 Israel-Syria Disengagement Agreement, international law, the UN Charter as well as relevant Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n\n

The Syrian UN ambassador emphasized that the implementation of international resolutions is required to end the Israeli occupation of Arab territories, including the Golan Heights, restore stability to the Middle East region and enhance the UN\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n\n


\nIn 1967, Israel waged a full-scale war against Arab territories during which it occupied a large swathe of Syria\u2019s Golan and annexed it four years later, a move never recognized by the international community.<\/p>\n\n

Syria has repeatedly reaffirmed its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, saying the territory must be completely restored to its control.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-07-22 19:50:56","content_date_finish":"2020-07-22 19:50:56","content_date_register":"2020-07-22 19:55:09","content_date_last_edit":"2020-07-22 19:55:09","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":"7281","tag_word":"Syria\u2019s permanent representati,Syria\u2019s permanent representati,Liberating Israeli,Liberating Israeli,international community,international community,Ja\u2019afari,Ja\u2019afari","tag_service":"0","tag_total":"2","tag_soundex":"","attach_token":"3098386662","attach_date_register":"2020-07-22 19:55:04","attach_id":"8257","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"365","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"390","visit_date_last":"2024-11-02 02:09:26","attach_title":"Liberating Israeli-occupied Golan Heights national priority: Syria UN ambassador\n 2","node_title":"News,Syria","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":119, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]","node_number":"8","allowable_node":"8"}]]