US to Draw New Maps Including Golan Heights as Part of ‘Israel’ - Report

By Staff, Agencies

Rushing to implement US President Donald Trump’s decision on the ‘Israeli’-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, we will be expecting the emergence of new maps illustrating the region.

The US State Department said the administration is preparing to draw all new government maps of the ‘Israeli’ entity and the surrounding region to include the Golan Heights as a part of ‘Israel’, a department spokesperson told VOA Persian on Thursday.

The new maps will be "consistent" with the recent change in US policy, which recognizes the occupied Syrian territory of the Golan Heights as a part of ‘Israel’, the spokesperson claimed.

The news was confirmed by US special representative for Iran Brian Hook, who also said the State Department would "redraw" the maps and publish them "as soon as they are ready", according to a report by The Times of ‘Israel’.

At the time of publication, the US State Department world map, which is said to be updated on a "daily basis," still shows the Golan Heights as part of Syria. The CIA Factbook map of ‘Israel’, published on the Library of Congress website, is also yet to be updated.

The Zionist regime captured the Golan Heights during the 1967 Six-Day War, officially annexing the area in 1981. The US did not officially recognize the annexation at the time but turned a blind eye to the move.

However, on Monday, Trump signed a presidential proclamation unilaterally recognizing the contested territory as a part of ‘Israel’, sparking condemnation from the UN, and from the Security Council in particular.

At a Security Council session Wednesday, most speakers denounced the move, pointing towards a UN resolution that called the ‘Israeli’ annexation of the region "null and void and without international legal effect."