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Where is the outcry from Syria?Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad
Israel's government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a "new front" had opened up on Israel's border with Syria after the fall of the Assad regime to an Islamist-led rebel alliance.
Netanyahu said he wanted to double the population of the Golan Heights, which Israel seized during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered illegally occupied under international law.
Israeli forces moved into a buffer zone separating the Golan Heights from Syria in the days following Assad's departure, saying the change of control in Damascus meant ceasefire arrangements had "collapsed".
There are more than 30 Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights, which are home to an estimated 20,000 people. They are considered illegal under international law, which Israel disputes.
The settlers live alongside some 20,000 Syrians, most of them Druze Arabs who did not flee when the area came under Israeli control.
Netanyahu said Israel would "continue to hold on to [the territory], make it flourish and settle it".
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Israel to expand Golan Heights settlements after fall of Assad
Israel says the move is necessary following the takeover of neighbouring Syria by an Islamist-led rebel alliance.www.bbc.com
Do they think Israel is going to willingly give up those lands if they keep their eyes closed and act like nothing is happening?
I never thought in a million years that Israel can just go into Syria and take land without a single bullet fired against it. I know Syria is not ready or capable of war with Israel now but this is just a violation.
I hope there is a plan in place to get those territories back and not just conceding to Israeli colonial expansion.










