Israeli forces counter-attacked on July 9 and 10, driving the Syrians from the Golan Heights and bringing the Six Day War to a close. So, i will summarize the view of the International law on this matter. By Blocking passage to Red Sea, which Israel is a part of, Egypt committed two legal violation and instigated a war by Casus Belli: The Golan Heights is administered under Israeli civil law as the Golan sub-district, a part of the Northern District. Israel makes no legal or administrative distinction between pre-1967 communities in the Golan Heights (mainly Druze ) and the post-1967 settlements. By contrast, Israel contends that the West Bank was not legally part of any sovereign nation before Israel captured it in 1967, and thus considers it disputed, rather than occupied, territory. The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, and straddles the borders of Syria and Israel. Israel holds about two-thirds of the territory, while Syria holds the other third. This article covers the Israeli-controlled part; see Golan Heights (Syria) for the Syrian-controlled part. The Golan – rising from 400 to 1700 feet in the western section bordering on pre-1967 Israel – overlooks the Huleh Valley, Israel’s richest agricultural area. In the hands of a friendly neighbor, the escarpment has little military importance. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation officially recognizing Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria and has occupied since 1967. The move is yet another The last leg of the Israeli election campaign is unfolding dramatically. The signing by President Donald Trump (25 March) of a proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over that part of the Golan Heights captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War was a shot in the arm for his friend and ally Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli military announced that it had targeted “two temporary structures that were being used by the Syrian army… violat[ing] the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights”, and added: “The IDF holds the Syrian regime responsible for all activities emanating from its territory and will not allow any ZOmZTD.