🇮🇱 🇺🇸 What'll be the outcome of the US President's latest foreign policy thrust? l Inside Story

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967. It's been an occupied territory ever since, in defiance of multiple UN resolutions.

Now, in a tweet, Donald Trump's seems set to overturn the US position and recognise Israel's sovreignty over Golan Heights. It's a move designed to boost the standing of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as he campaigns for reelection. But there's already been an international outcry.
Some accuse President Trump of bringing the region close to war.
So what will be the conseqeunces of Trump's latest policy bombshell?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:
Mitchell Barak - CEO of Keevoon Global Research who was an adviser to former Israeli President Shimon Peres
Aaron Southlea - Advocacy Officer for Al-Marsad, the Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights
Simon Mabon - Senior Lecturer in International Studies at Lancaster University


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