On Sunday, the UN committee expressed its concern that the number of Israeli "settlers" in the Golan territory under Israeli control exceeded the number of the local population for the first time.
The UN special committee to investigate Israeli methods affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs in the territories confirmed that Israeli policies and practices in the Golan isolate the population from their family and cultural ties in Syria, and force integration with the Israeli economy and education system because there is no other alternative.
Since its establishment in 1968, Israel has refused to respond to the committee's annual requests for consultations with the Israeli authorities and has not allowed its members to enter Israel, the Palestinian territories, or the Israeli-controlled Syrian Golan.
Photo: Kibbutz Merom HaGolan