OCCUPIED GOLAN, (ST)_ Bishop Atallah Hanna Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox Church said during his visit to the occupied Syrian Golan yesterday, ” when we come to the Golan , we are in Syria , we do not recognize occupation. It will be inevitably eliminated.”
In a speech , he delivered in Sham center in the occupied Majdal Shams village ,where dozens the Golan Heights people, elders and notables gathered to welcome him, Bishop Hanna added ” We came from Jerusalem, carrying the message of hope and peace to convey the love and peace of Jerusalem and to congratulate our people in the occupied Syrian Golan of Eid Al Adha and the anniversary of the glorious October liberation war .”
For his part, Sheikh Nazih Mahmoud in a speech on behalf of the people of the occupied Syrian Golan welcomed bishop Hanna saying , ” As Syrians, our compass will remain occupied Palestine and that Syria is victorious over the war being hatched against it.”
Sheikh Mahmoud extended tribute to the brave Syrian army and the homeland martyrs , expressing the hope of victory and liberating the Golan Heights from the Israeli occupation.
T. Fateh