The Israeli government has decided to double the Jewish population of the Golan and to allocate one billion shekels (about 285 million euros) for this purpose: premier Naftali Bennett announced today in an extraordinary session of the council of ministers held in the kibbutz Mevo Hama (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 we must prefer quiet, green and prosperous heights under Israel than any other alternative”. Bennett...