Lebanon Fears for Future of Disputed Territory with Israel
Lebanon has voiced fears that the U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights undermines Lebanon’s claim to disputed territory also annexed by Israel.
President Michel Aoun raised those fears on Tuesday during a press conference with visiting Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.
Arab countries unanimously rejected the recent U.S. recognition of Israeli control over the Golan, seized from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981, calling the Trump administration's policies unfairly biased toward Israel.
But for Lebanon, there are fears over its claim to the Shebaa Farms and adjacent Kfar Shouba hills, which Israel occupied alongside Golan in 1967.
Israel had occupied south Lebanon, but despite withdrawing in 2000, remained in these strategic areas. The U.N., which doesn't recognize Israel's sovereignty over Golan, has said Lebanon's claim is to be settled with the Golan's fate.
Source: Associated Press, Naharnet
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