A broad international rejection of Trump's recognition of Israel's "sovereignty" over the Golan

The United States, the United Nations and the European Union were quick to reject US President Donald Trump's decision today to formally recognize Israel's "sovereignty" on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

In a statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry described the Trump decision as a "blatant attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic", which represents the highest degree of contempt for international legitimacy and an insulting slap to the international community and to the status and decisions of the United Nations.

A Syrian official source added that Trump does not have the right and the legal capacity to legislate the occupation and rape of the lands of others, and that his aggressive policy makes the region and the world vulnerable to all dangers.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said that "the Golan is occupied Syrian land, and we refuse to annex Israel to it and any decision recognizes this."

Invalid declaration
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit denounced the American president's recognition of Israel's "sovereignty" on the occupied Golan Heights. "It is a false declaration of form and substance, and reflects a situation of international law and spirit that is being undermined by the US position in the region. And in the world. "

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said that the Trump Declaration on the Golan is condemned and violates international law and undermines any effort to reach a just peace and stressed that the Golan is "Syrian Arab land. No decision can change this incident and no country can visit history."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that any decision affecting sovereignty over Jerusalem or the Arab territories was illegitimate in response to Trump's decision on the occupied Golan Heights.

"The Golan will remain an inalienable part of the Syrian territory," said Ismail Haniya, head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). He reiterated his opposition to what he described as American arrogance, which does not respect international norms and conventions that have also affected the issues of Jerusalem and refugees.

A gift to Netanyahu
Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Gawishoglu said Washington's recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights was "unacceptable" and "an election gift" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ankara would take action against such recognition, including the United Nations.

UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric said the situation in the Golan had not changed and that the UN's policy on the plateau was based on UN Security Council resolutions on the issue.

The council unanimously adopted in 1981 a resolution declaring that Israel's decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and has no legal effect on the international scene.

The European Union has declared that it has not changed its position of refusing to recognize any "sovereignty" of Israel over the territories it occupied in 1967, including the Golan Heights.

The British Foreign Office said it refused to recognize Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, stressing that international law prohibits the annexation of territory by force.

Blatant violation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described the US move as "a flagrant violation of international law."

Lavrov said in a telephone conversation with his American counterpart Mike Pompeo that this recognition hinders the settlement of the Syrian crisis and complicates the situation in the Middle East.

Human Rights Watch considered that President Trump's denial of Israel's occupation of the Golan showed his disrespect for the population's proper protection of the Syrians.