    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9852 of March 25, 2019

    Recognizing the Golan Heights as Part of the State of Israel

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    The State of Israel took control of the Golan Heights in 1967 to
    safeguard its security from external threats. Today, aggressive acts by
    Iran and terrorist groups, including Hizballah, in southern Syria
    continue to make the Golan Heights a potential launching ground for
    attacks on Israel. Any possible future peace agreement in the region
    must account for Israel's need to protect itself from Syria and other
    regional threats. Based on these unique circumstances, it is therefore
    appropriate to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim that, the United
    States recognizes that the Golan Heights are part of the State of
    Israel.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
    March, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    third.
    DONALD J. TRUMP