State Dept. no longer using phrase 'occupied territories' for Golan, West Bank, Gaza

The US State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from "Israeli-occupied" to "Israeli-controlled" in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday.

An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)

ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

MARCH 14, 2019 00:00

State Dept. no longer using phrase 'occupied territories' for Golan, West Bank, Gaza

The US State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from "Israeli-occupied" to "Israeli-controlled" in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday.

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State Dept. no longer using phrase 'occupied territories' for Golan, West Bank, Gaza

The US State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from "Israeli-occupied" to "Israeli-controlled" in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday.

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