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NETANYAHU: GOLAN WILL STAY FOREVER A PART OF ISRAEL 3 minute read. Play Video Netanyahu on the Golan Heights, Lt.-Col. M and the possible upcoming elections, November 18, 2018 (Courtesy) US for 1st time votes with Israel against annual UN resolution. Calling for Israel to give Golan to Syria; Australia voted for resolution in 2017, abstained this year. The  Golan Heights is part of Israel  and will remain under its sovereignty forever, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu’s comments came at the weekly cabinet meeting, where he thanked the US for voting for the first time against an annual UN resolution calling for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria. In the past, the US abstained. “We have for some time been speaking with our friends the Americans on the present administration’s policies at the UN,” he said. On Thursday, US Ambassador David Friedman updated me that  the US decided to vote against the traditi...

Damage from Gaza Missiles Exceeds Israeli Estimates News   Arab World A     A Israeli soldiers stand next to armored personnel carrie ... Gaza - Asharq Al-Awsat Direct damage suffered by Israel during the last escalation with the Gaza Strip has exceeded estimates, according to a report published by Israel Hayom newspaper.  Until now, up to 406 compensation applications have been submitted, 317 out of them are for houses and residential apartments, 81 are for vehicles and for are for farms.  Applications are likely to increase in the coming days and compensations would amount to dozen millions of shekels, according to the newspaper. Israel Hayom added that Ashkelon was most damaged by missiles from where 312 compensation applications have been submitted, 286 out of them are for residential apartments and houses, while 36 are for vehicles.  In Sderot, there are 40 direct damages, 19 out of them are houses and residential a...

Netanyahu: ‘Sometimes we also need to go against the US’ Published:  11.18.18 , 16:45     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the annual memorial for Israel's third prime minister Golda Meir on Sunday, and spoke of her achievements: “Golda Meir lead the country firmly and decisively, and approved many military actions.” Netanyahu referred to Meir’s decision not to approve one attack during the Yom Kippur War, and said that she decided against it in light of the US demands and Israel tight relationship with Washington, but added that “sometimes we need to also go against the US.”

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 Syria threatens Israel with war over Golan region An Israeli tank in the occupied Golan Heights  Photo:  Gowidenews SYRIA threatened Israel with war over its continued occupation of the Golan region during a stormy United Nations meeting in New York on Friday. Syrian UN permanent representative Dr Bashar al-Jaafari warned Israel must comply with international resolutions and hand back the occupied territory or face the consequences. “We will reclaim Golan by peace or by war. This is our message to Israel and its ambassador,” he warned. The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly in support of Syrian sovereignty over the occupied Golan region. A draft resolution presented at the UN general assembly’s fourth committee in New York was supported by 151 states, with the US and Israel voting against and 14 abstentions. Mr Jaafari said the vote sent a message to Israel that its occupation of the Golan Heights is unlawful, ...