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Al-Monitor: House Democrats skeptical of Trump’s Golan Heights shake up

March 26, 2019

By Bryant Harris

Meanwhile, liberal groups such as the Jewish Democratic Council of America have begun lining up against the bill.

“While JDCA does not question Israeli control of the Golan, we do question the timing of the president’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, which appeared to be a political calculation,” the group said in an emailed statement. “We also believe that US policy toward Israel should remain a bipartisan issue. This is not a bipartisan bill.”