foreign policy, president trump has announced that the u.s. will recognize israel s sovereignty over the disputed golan heights territory. the president announced the decision in a tweet yesterday writing after 52 years it s time for the you state to fully recognize israel s sovereignty over the golan heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and regional stability be. the united nations has rejected israel s occupation of the golan heights since 1967 when it seized the 400 square miles of rocky highlands from syria during the arab/israeli war. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tweeted his praise to president trump which comes ahead of netanyahu s visit next week and his tight re-election campaign. trump was asked yesterday if that election had any impact on his decision.