Published: 2 April 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
US redrawing official maps to include Golan as part of Israel (Times of Israel)
State Department official says maps will be updated to reflect change in policy and Israel’s need for ‘secure and defensible borders’
Trump’s recognition or not, Israelis aren't moving to the Golan (Haaretz)
Plans to develop the region have been promoted for decades, but proved fruitless, and it's unclear that Trump's move will do anything for residents
Donald Trump's gift to Bashar Assad (Ynet)
By unilaterally declaring American support for Israel's claim to the Golan Heights, the US president has united the world against the move, and given much needed legitimacy to the Syrian president and his scorched earth approach to clinging onto power
Map: An image of the CIA's map of Israel taken on March 28, 2019, that refers to the Golan Heights as "Israeli occupied." (Library of Congress)
