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Source: http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/event_usa250319.aspx
Israel Thanks America for Recognizing Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday: For two decades, from 1948 to 1967, Syria rained deadly fire from the Golan Heights on Israel's citizens below. A generation of Israeli children lived in constant danger. Then, in two glorious days in June 1967, the brave soldiers of Israel scaled those daunting heights and liberated the Golan. One of those brave soldiers was my brother, who was wounded in battle three hours before the end of the war. In 1973, Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel, and those same Golan Heights proved to enable us to absorb the initial, horrific attack and successfully counterattack the invading Syrian forces. While Israel won those two wars, we would have to wait nearly half a century, until this moment here in this room, to translate our military victory into a diplomatic victory. Israel won the Golan Heights in a just war of self-defense. Your proclamation comes at a time when the Golan is more important than ever for our security, when Iran is trying to establish bases in Syria to strike at Israel. We hold the high ground and we shall never give it up.