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Genocide perpetrator Netanyahu directly addresses al-Sharaa over Golan at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, responding to Damascus’s assertion that the Golan will remain Syrian territory. He said Jewish presence in the area dates back to the “time of Moses.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly criticized Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during his speech at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, placing the issue of the Golan Heights at the center of his message to Damascus.
Netanyahu’s remarks came a day after al-Sharaa used the same podium to affirm that the Golan would remain Syrian territory and that measures related to annexing the area did not change its status under United Nations resolutions.
Addressing the Syrian president directly, Netanyahu said al-Sharaa should know that Jews have been present in the Golan Heights since the “time of Moses,” adding that this could be read in the Bible.
In his speech, the Israeli prime minister also revisited the June 1967 war, saying that Israel was surrounded at the time by states and armies that he considered intent on destroying it.
Netanyahu also rejected accusations directed at Israel over colonialism and occupation, and defended his government’s policies in the Golan and other areas.
Netanyahu’s remarks came as tensions between Damascus and Tel Aviv over Israel’s presence in Syrian territory continue to intensify, particularly following developments in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024.
Al-Sharaa: The Golan will remain Syrian territory
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa had affirmed that the Golan Heights would remain Syrian territory, stressing that Damascus rejected attempts to impose a new reality on the ground.
Al-Sharaa referred to United Nations Security Council Resolution 497, which deemed Israel’s decision to impose its laws and administration on the occupied Golan null and void and without international legal effect.
The Syrian president also accused Israel of carrying out hundreds of airstrikes and operations inside Syrian territory, and called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and compliance with the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement.
The United Nations considers the Golan Syrian territory under Israeli occupation, while Israel rejects this position and asserts its sovereignty over the area.
The Syrian-Israeli dispute over the Golan thus moved directly to the General Assembly podium after al-Sharaa spoke about Syrian sovereignty over the area and Netanyahu responded in his speech the following day.
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