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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-812410
White House Says "Golan Heights Is Part of Northern Israel"
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - After the Hizbullah attack Saturday that killed 12 children in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman Adriane Watson and Vice President Kamala Harris's national security adviser both spoke on Monday of the "horrific attack" that took place in "northern Israel." When asked if the Biden administration considered the Golan Heights part of Israel, National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby replied, "Yes." Former U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019. Kirby said that U.S. "policy on the Golan Heights has not changed under this administration....We continue to recognize the circumstances that were in the 2019 proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. That proclamation stated, and I quote from it, that aggressive acts by Iran and terrorist groups, including Hizbullah in southern Syria, continue to make the Golan Heights a potential launching ground for attacks on Israel. So again, no change to the policy."