State Department says no change in US recognition of Israel's claim to Golan Heights

The Washington Free Beacon reported that the Biden administration would be “walking back” President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli.
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A construction truck enters Trump Heights, an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on September 21, 2020. Trump Heights, or "Ramat Trump" in Hebrew, was inaugurated in June 2019 by then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman as a celebration to mark President Donald Trump's recognition of the Golan as Israeli territory. In April 2021, the first family moved into the settlement. - EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images
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The US State Department on Friday dismissed a report suggesting the Joe Biden administration would be reversing the prior administration’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. 

“US policy regarding the Golan has not changed, and reports to the contrary are false,” read a tweet from the Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. 

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