AMMAN – According to a recent report by the UN, the number
of Israeli settlers residing illegally in the occupied Golan Heights has
exceeded the native Syrian population.
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The report, released last week, was prepared by the UN
Special Committee tasked with investigating Israeli practices affecting the
human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs in the occupied
territories, commonly known as "The Special Committee".
The report expressed serious concern over this significant
development, as it signifies the first time since Israel occupied the Golan
Heights in 1967 that Jewish settlers have outnumbered the Syrian Arab
population.
It emphasized that Israeli policies and practices in the
region have resulted in the isolation of the population from their familial and
cultural ties to Syria, compelling their integration into the Israeli economy
and education system due to the absence of viable alternatives.
Disturbing developments
The release of the report coincides with the UN Committee's
end-of-mission statement, which involved visits to Cairo and Amman and
documented disturbing developments taking place in the Golan Heights.
Notably, it highlighted that the infamously violent Netzah Yehuda
Battalion was deployed to the occupied Syrian Golan in January 2023 for an
11-month period, raising grave concerns about its potential human rights
implications for the local population.
Furthermore, the report revealed that the Battalion had
previously faced disciplinary measures for its involvement in the death of
78-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad outside Ramallah in
January 2022.
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