The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights in a Tuesday vote. Some 123 countries voted in favor of the resolution, seven voted against it, and 41 abstained. Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon later called the vote a farce in a post on X/Twitter.
"The UN General Assembly once again proves how disconnected it is from reality. Instead of addressing the crimes of the Iranian axis and the dangerous activities of militias in Syria, it demands that Israel withdraw from the Golan Heights - a vital defense line that protects our citizens," he wrote. "Israel will not return to the 1967 lines and will not abandon the Golan. Not now, not ever."
The Syrian Foreign Ministry added that the resolution "also reflects the genuine diplomatic efforts calling for Israel’s withdrawal from the entirety of the occupied Syrian Golan to the June 4, 1967 line, and confirms once again that acquiring land by force is illegitimate and violates international law, particularly the Israeli annexation measures in the occupied Syrian Golan." (Read More)
