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Hamas slams Trump’s Golan decision, says US recognition ‘won’t change facts’

25 March 2019, 10:56 pm
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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh lashes out at US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

“These American positions and oppressive decisions that come out of nowhere will not change historical and geographical facts of the Syrian land and the Syrian-Arab people’s rights in the occupied Golan,” Haniyeh says in a statement.

US President Donald Trump holds up a signed proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Earlier on Monday, Trump formally recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, saying the dramatic shift in American policy would help Israel defend itself against regional threats.

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