(ANSA) - TEL AVIV, DEC 26 - The Israeli government has decided to double the Jewish population of the Golan and to allocate one billion shekels (about 285 million euros) to this end: premier Naftali Bennett announced today in an extraordinary session of the council of ministers held in kibbutz MevoHama (Golan).
"We decided to seize the moment," he said.
After recalling the US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan and the ten years of civil war in Syria, "every person now understands - according to Bennett - that it is necessary to prefer quiet, green and prosperous heights under Israel rather than any other alternative".
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