From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 18, 2016
Germany: Unilateral steps on Golan violate international law
Germany says a unilateral decision by Israel to keep the Golan Heights would breach international law.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman makes the comment in response to a question about Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that Israel will never withdraw from the plateau.
“It’s a basic principle of international law and the UN charter that no state can claim the right to annex another state’s territory just like that,” says German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer.
Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War and annexed it in 1981, a move that was almost at once unanimously rejected by the UN Security Council.
Schaefer says Germany isn’t currently demanding the immediate return of the territory due to the security situation in Syria.
–– AP
The Times of Israel Community.