The UK still believes the Golan Heights is occupied territory, despite being one of only eight countries to vote against a UN resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal from them.
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told the JC: “Our position remains clear: The Golan Heights are occupied territory and we do not recognise Israel’s annexation of them.
We continue to call on Israel, and all actors to uphold their obligations to peace, stability, and security under international law.”
They clarified that the vote against the UN General Assembly resolution was due to the fact that one of the proponents of it was Syria.
The resolution called on Israel to “withdraw from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions” and that “the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region”.
