The European Federation known as the EU announced it will not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Washington would do so.

A spokesperson for EU foreign policy said “The European Union, in accordance with international law, does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the territories it occupied since July 1967, including the Golan Heights, and does not consider them as part of Israeli territory.”

The comments came as Trump’s move was also condemned strongly by Syria and its allies of Russia and Iran, as well as by other Arab Muslim countries in the region as Turkey.

Trump made the announcement in a tweet, reversing over 50 years of US policy since Israel’s capture of the strategic plateau from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War.

Russia, which has been a key backer of Syria and is supporting forces loyal to President Bashar Assad in the Syrian civil war, condemned Trump’s declaration as a violation of UN decisions.

Iran, another key ally of the Assad regime, said the move was a violation of international law. And France added its voice, saying the Golan had been “occupied by Israel since 1967” and it did not recognize Israel’s control.

And Turkish President Erdogan warned that the US announcement could throw the region into turmoil.

“Yesterday US President Trump’s unfortunate statement about the Golan Heights brings the region to the edge of a new crisis,” Erdogan told an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul.

The Biblical prophecies (Ezekiel 38, 39) foretell that a force from Russia, Iran, and Turkey will surprise the world attacking Israel at the northern Golan Heights in the Last Days signaling we are nearing the end of this age and the coming of Jesus Christ.

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