Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 11875] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-06199] [[Page 11873]] Vol. 84 Thursday, No. 60 March 28, 2019 Part II The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proclamation 9852--Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel Notice of March 26, 2019--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 60 / Thursday, March 28, 2019 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 11875]] Proclamation 9852 of March 25, 2019 Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The State of Israel took control of the Golan Heights in 1967 to safeguard its security from external threats. Today, aggressive acts by Iran and terrorist groups, including Hizballah, in southern Syria continue to make the Golan Heights a potential launching ground for attacks on Israel. Any possible future peace agreement in the region must account for Israel's need to protect itself from Syria and other regional threats. Based on these unique circumstances, it is therefore appropriate to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim that, the United States recognizes that the Golan Heights are part of the State of Israel. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty- third. (Presidential Sig.) [FR Doc. 2019-06199 Filed 3-27-19; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F9-P