Trump’s Belief that Occupied Syrian Golan Belongs to Israel Is ‘Delusion’: American Scholar
US President Donald Trump’s belief that the occupied Syrian Golan belongs to Israel is a “delusion” and underscores the US leader’s mental instability, an American scholar and political commentator says, according to Press TV.
Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israeli “sovereignty” over the Syrian territory of Golan, triggering a global outcry.
Trump signed the decree at the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
“Trump’s belief that the Golan belongs to Israel is very much a delusion, sort of like [Venezulan opposition leader] Juan Guaido’s belief that he is the president of Venezula,” said Kevin Barrett, an author, journalist and radio host in Madison, Wisconsin.
“Trump seems to think that he can just sign a proclamation and change reality,” Barrett told Press TV during a phone interview on Thursday.
“Trump is completely psychotic as he goes around like a bull in a china shop destroying international agreements like the Iran [nuclear] agreement…but this one is a very serious one,” he added.
Trump’s illegal move on the occupied Golan has assured that Israel will be in a perpetual state of war with Arab and Muslim countries for many decades, according to experts.
For many Arabs, the decision destroyed any hope that there will one day be a negotiated peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians and increased doubts that Washington is an impartial mediator, analyst say.
Trump’s decision, following US recognition of al-Quds as Israel’s capital in December 2017, could also tempt other regimes to annex land, undermine Washington’s so-called peace plan between Israelis and Palestinians and tilt Israel back into conflict with its Muslim neighbors, Middle East analysts say.
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