In a move that coincided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem last Thursday, President Trump tweeted his support for recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel ~

After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2019

This position signals a clear shift in U.S. policy. Which of course won’t make our anti-Semitic friends at the U.N. too happy (boo-hoo). Syria has already condemned the remarks. But those reactions are simply confirmation that it’s the correct approach to take.
 
Located in the northeast corner of Israel, the Golan Heights has been disputed territory since 1967.
 
 
Historically occupied by the Jews, the area was under Syrian control until the Six Day War (when Israel was attacked on all sides by Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria). ~

It has been almost 52 years since Syria lost the Golan Heights as a result of aggression from that space that began before the independence of Israel. It is 45 years since Israel repulsed the aggression of the Yom Kippur War.
 
It is appropriate for the world to ratify Israel’s right, not to minimal or shaky “existence,” but rather to “secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force” on the Golan.

 
As Trump correctly stated in his tweet, given Iran’s growing aggression toward Israel, the Golan is of strategic importance. Israel needs it as a buffer, since the Iranians, who don’t share a border with the Jewish state, will use Syria as a staging area for any attempted assault.
 

Kathy Gilsinan in The Atlantic summarized the president’s declaration ~

(For the policy’s backers,) declaring Israeli sovereignty over the Golan is a recognition of reality in the same way that Trump’s earlier decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem was a recognition that the city is Israel’s capital despite its contested status. But it’s not just that. At a joint appearance with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem this week, Netanyahu said the Israelis had just discovered efforts by Hezbollah to “build a terror network” in the territory. “And I can say that all of you can imagine what would have happened if Israel were not in the Golan,” he remarked. “I think it’s time that the international community recognize Israel’s stay in the Golan, the fact that the Golan will always remain part of the state of Israel.”

 
 
Just another reason why Israel ♥’s Trump!

 
 
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Related:
Trump’s Golan Announcement Was No Impulse Tweet
In first, top US diplomat to join PM at Western Wall
UNRHC (United Nations Human Rights Council) voted 26-16 against Israel’s ‘occupation’ of the Golan Heights (Friday 3-22-19) ~ What a bunch of charlatans!
Making Golan Israeli At Last ~ Excellent summary and analysis of the issue