This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site. On April 17 2016, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “The time has come after 40 years for the international community to finally recognize that the Golan Heights will remain forever under Israeli sovereignty.... The Golan Heights will always stay in Israeli hands. Israel will never leave the Golan Heights.” Try Newsweek: Subscription offers Although similar statements by Israeli leaders can be unearthed from archives going back decades, this one was gratuitous and unwise. Even for Israelis who believe, quite sincerely, that permanent retention of the Golan is essential to Israel’s military defense, Netanyahu’s...
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