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Encyclopedia > Golan Heights Law

The Golan Heights Law is the Israeli Knesset's law, ratified on December 14, 1981, which applies Israel's laws to the Golan Heights. Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The law was passed half a year before Israel's withdrawl from the Sinai in a rare three hearing which were heavily criticized by the centre-left opposition. It was also criticized for potentially hindering future negotiations with Syria. Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, Shibh Jazirat Sina) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south). ...


While the Israeli public at large, and especially the law's critics, viewed it as an annexation, the law avoided use of the word. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


Prime Minister of Israel Menahem Begin responded to Amnon Rubinstein's criticism by noting it was a "special legal proposal" and saying: "you use the word 'annexation', I do not use it. So it is written in the [1967] law." The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... Prime Minister Menachem Begin Menachem Begin (August 16, 1913 - March 9, 1992) became the 6th Prime Minister of Israel in May 1977. ... Amnon Rubinstein Amnon Rubinstein (born 1931) is an Israeli scholar, politician, and columnist. ...


The law

The three broad provisions in the Golan Heights Law are:


1. "The Law, jurisdiction and administration of the State will take effect in the Golan Heights, as described in the Appendix."


2. "This Law will begin taking effect on the day of its acceptence in the Knesset."


3. "The Minister of the Interior is placed in-charge of the implementation of this Law, and is entitled, in consultation with the Minister of Justice, to enact regulations for its implementation and to formulate regulations on interim provisions regarding the continued application of regulations, directives, administrative directives, and rights and duties which were in effect in the Golan Heights prior to the acceptence of this Law."


Signed:

  • Passed in the Knesset with a majority of 63 in favour, 21 against. [1]

Yitzhak Navon (or Yitschak Navon) (born April 9, 1921) was an Israeli political figure. ... Prime Minister Menachem Begin Menachem Begin (August 16, 1913 - March 9, 1992) became the 6th Prime Minister of Israel in May 1977. ... Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ...

See also

  • International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict


 

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