{
  "id": 9385398,
  "title": "Israel’s UN envoy, defence minister reassert claim to Golan after al-Sharaa speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/israels-un-envoy-defence-minister-reassert-claim-to-golan-after-al",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T18:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-un-envoy-reasserts-claim-golan-after-al-sharaa-speech"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israel's UN envoy and Defence Minister Israel Katz reiterated on Wednesday that the Golan Heights will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty, following Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's address to the United Nations General Assembly. Addressing Sharaa's \"bombastic declarations\" from the UN podium, Katz stated in a video statement that \"the Golan under Israeli sovereignty is an inseparable part of the State of Israel forever.\" Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon echoed Katz's position, reiterating Israel's claim to the occupied Golan Heights in a tweet, declaring, \"But no speech will change reality, al-Jolani: the Golan Heights will always be part of Israel.\" Sharaa's speech repeatedly cited UN Security Council Resolution 497, adopted in 1981, which declared Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights \"null and void and without international legal effect.\"",
  "summary": "Israel’s UN envoy, defence minister reassert claim to Golan after al-Sharaa speech Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the Golan Heights would remain under Israeli sovereignty \"forever\", after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. \"My clear response to the Syrian president, who made bombastic declarations from the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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