Annexations are illegal under international law, but only in case of aggressive conquest. In case of 67, Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian aggressive moves prior to the outbreak, resulted in DEFENSIVE preemptive strike. Those aggressive moves, each casus belli, were closure of the Tiran Straits, blockade of Eilat, massing of UARs troops in Sinai and ejection of UNEF.
As for Papa Assad, DM then, he stated prior to war, that Syria was ready to enter into a battle of annihilation.
Finally, paragraph ii of the Resolution 242 demands the termination of belligerency and respect the right for every State in the area to live in peace within SECURE and recognized boundaries. So, in the forthcoming peace treaty with Syria, the physical boundaries have to be set such as will provide Israel with enough strategic depth to allow her to organize and repel an attack initiated by any neighboring state in the event of adverse changes in the political environment, meaning Golan stays with Israel. |
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