“This is of course a legitimate and seemingly simple question, one that calls for a Yes or No answer. Yet, from both legal and diplomatic perspectives the answer is more complex, and walks the fine line between our act, which is applying ‘Law, jurisdiction and administration’ and an act of explicit annexation.”

Read more

Close

17 December 1981

Golan Heights Law: Are the [Golan] Heights now a part of Israel?

Legal Opinion by Elyakim Rubinstein, Legal Adviser of the Foreign Ministry