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Human Rights Groups: Golan Oil Drilling Contravenes International Law

Attorneys write to ministers after test drillings were approved earlier this month.

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Jack Khoury

Human rights groups active in the Arab community and in the Golan Heights have asked National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz and Interior Ministry officials to cancel the permits for oil drilling in the Golan Heights, saying they violate international law, which sees the Golan as occupied territory.

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