Zvi Hauser
Israel Hayom, Apr. 2, 2025
“This cluster of countries has a strategic interest in aligning with the new US administration as much as possible and harmonizing their geopolitical worldview accordingly.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should use his expected trip to Budapest on Wednesday to secure one specific, meaningful, and historic achievement: Hungarian recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights.
A rare and concrete opportunity has emerged with a group of countries that includes Hungary, Argentina, and the Czech Republic, alongside other nations that have moved their official missions to Jerusalem. Together, they could help alter the status of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan and normalize the obvious – recognition of Israeli control over the area as part of a broader reconfiguration of the Middle East.
From the perspective of these countries, the time has come to lead a global shift in reaffirming a commitment to Israel’s security, regional stability, and an overdue update to the “operating system” of diplomacy. An update that is sorely needed for the challenges of the second quarter of the 21st century.
Commitment to Israel’s security
Recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan is a move of historic importance, and a tangible demonstration of commitment to Israel’s security. Anyone familiar with Middle Eastern history, especially since the Arab Spring, understands that permanent Israeli control over the Golan is the only guarantee for securing its eastern border and preventing catastrophe in the event of an attack from Syrian territory. Imagine if the Syrian civil war had played out on the shores of the Sea of Galilee; if al-Qaeda and Jabhat al-Nusra had entrenched themselves on the border; or if on the morning of October 7, Syrian forces had observed Hamas’s assault from the Golan Heights. …SOURCE