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Publish date16 Dec 2024 - 10:15
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Israel approves plans to expand settlements in Golan Heights amid strikes on Syria

The cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has approved plans for expansion of the settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights after the fall of Syrian president and militants’ takeover of the Arab country.
Israel approves plans to expand settlements in Golan Heights amid strikes on Syria
The plan comes in light of the developments in Syria and aims to double the population of Israelis living in the occupied Syrian areas, according to a statement by the prime minister’s office on Sunday.

The plan, which received 40 million shekels (over $11m) in funding, strengthens the Israeli settlements, including Katzrin in the occupied Golan Heights.

"Strengthening the Golan is strengthening Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, make it flourish, and settle it," the Israeli statement read.

The Israeli army occupied the Syrian Golan Heights during the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel refused to withdraw its forces or return the territory amid demands by the UN Security Council Resolution 242.

The Israeli army has occupied additional Syrian territory since militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by former Al-Qaeda leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani captured Damascus last week.

Despite supporting Jolani in the past, Israel is now using his group's presence as a pretext to occupy additional Syrian land and bomb Syria's military infrastructure.

Israel previously supported Jolani's Nusra Front, the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, with weapons, salaries, medical care, and air support from its warplanes during the group's previous war against the Syrian government from 2012 to 2018.
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