Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Give Up The Golan Heights

Bloomberg: Netanyahu Says Israel Will Never Withdraw From Golan Heights

* Israeli leader marks statement with cabinet meeting on plateau
* `Time that the international community recognized reality'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said publicly for the first time that Israel will never pull back from the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau it captured from Syria almost 50 years ago.

Underlining the message, Netanyahu made the declaration at a weekly cabinet meeting that he convened at Ma’ale Gamla, a Golan settlement, instead of his office building in Jerusalem.

“It is time that the international community recognized reality,” Netanyahu told the cabinet in remarks circulated by e-mail. “The Golan will always remain in Israel’s hands.”

The Syrian government responded with a protest letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterating its demand that Israel leave the Golan.

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WNU Editor: Syria has responded by vowing to use 'any means necessary' to take back the Golan Heights .... including using military forces (see video)

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