For its part, the Syrian government has expressed its “strong condemnation” of the decision to double the number of settlers.
The Israeli government has approved an investment plan of almost 300 million euros for increase population and build new settlements on the Golan Heights, which occupied Syria in 1967 and annexed them in 1981.
The decision was announced after a special meeting of the cabinet of ministers held at the Mevo Hama kibbutz.
The plan foresees doubling the population of the area, build more than 7000 new homes and establish two new colonies, each with about 2000 residences.
This announcement comes two weeks after the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Annexation Law, by which Israel adhered to this territory unilaterally and without the recognition of the international community.
For its part, the Syrian Government has expressed its “strong condemnation“before the decision to double the number of settlers.
Damascus thus denounces the “grave and systematic violations that amount to war crimes” and recalls that “the Golan is an integral part of Syrian territory, in accordance with its legitimacy and international law.”
In addition, the Syrian authorities have denounced that several Israeli warplanes they have fired missiles against the port of the coastal city of Latakia, located in western Syria, an attack that has been attributed to the Israeli army.
The Arab League he has also condemned the announced plan as a new “dangerous step“in its policy of expansion in the occupied territories and a” flagrant violation “of international law.
The secretary general of the organization, Ahmed Abulgueit, affirms that “the Israeli plans represent a flagrant violation of international law, which considers Golan to be occupied Syrian territory.”
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