(Times of Israel) Moshe Ya'alon and Yair Lapid - In 1981 Israel applied its law to the Golan Heights. The Syrians insisted it be returned to them. Historically, the Golan is known as the biblical land of Bashan from the book of Deuteronomy. It is an area with a long and deep Jewish connection. Not a single Palestinian lives in the Golan Heights. The Syrians ruled over the Golan Heights for only 21 years (1946-1967). They turned the Golan into a military base, rained rocket fire on the Israeli communities which are below the Golan Heights, and tried to divert Israel's critical water sources to dry the country out. In the past seven years, President Assad has massacred over half a million of his own people and used chemical weapons against women and children. It is a dark regime led by a psychopath supported by the most malevolent forces on earth today. Does his monstrous behavior have no cost? We call on the U.S. to lead an international process of recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. This will allow the U.S. to extract a price from Assad for his despicable behavior without putting boots on the ground in Syria. Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Ya'alon is a former Israeli defense minister and IDF chief of staff. Yair Lapid, head of the opposition Yesh Atid party, is a former treasury minister.
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