Rights to the Heights

GERRY MYERS Bet Zayit

Israel must never give up sovereignty and control over the Golan Heights. Through the recent decades, the Golan has proven to be an invaluable strategic asset for Israel. From the cessation of incessant shelling and shooting into Israel when

Syria controlled this area before the Six Day War, to the critical role the territory played in defending northern Israel during the opening phase of the Yom Kippur War, to the

bulwark the Golan has proven to be against Iranian affiliated

terror groups, to the consensus of international military experts on the area’s strategic importance to Israel there is

no possible scenario in which Israel can or should relinquish

the Golan Heights.

It is unfortunate that the Biden-Harris Administration’s understanding of these realities may be inadequate, although the latest statement clarifying previous State Department ambiguity on the matter was reassuring (“US: No change to policy recognizing Israeli sovereignty on

Golan,” June 26).

Nonetheless Israel and her supporters must remain vigi

lant and ready to forestall any misguided, pie-in-the-sky,

foolish notions about giving up this particular parcel of land for supposed peace. The stakes for Israel are far too high.

DANIEL H. TRIGOBOFF, PH.D.

Williamsville, New York