Golan 'forever' part of Israel, Netanyahu says after Blinken comments

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared to question the previous administration's controversial decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Memebers of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) stand near an old Israeli tank as they look toward the Syrian governorate of Quneitra from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, on February 4, 2021. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force stand near an old Israeli tank as they look toward the Syrian governorate of Quneitra from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Feb. 4, 2021. - JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images
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The Golan Heights will stay “forever a part of the State of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday in response to recent comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 

During a CNN interview, Blinken said on Monday that if the situation in Syria were to change, the administration would “look at” the Donald Trump administration's controversial decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.  

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