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Title:The Golan Is Syrian
Name:Yuhannon
City: Las VegasState: NV, USA
Under international law, the Golan is Syrian territory. The United States government does not recognize the Golan as part of Israel. Here through the U.N. is U.S. policy.

UN Security Council Resolution 497 states that "the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect."