Oded Forer, Minister for the Development of the Galilee and the Negev, and also Agriculture Minister, responded to news reports that the Biden administration is walking back former President Trump's recognition of the Golan Heights as belonging to Israel.
"The Golan Heights are an important and inseparable part of Israel and will always be," Forer said. "Therefore, I have ordered experts within the Ministry for the Development of the Galilee and the Negev to immediately formulate a broad-ranging government decision in support of the Golan Heights and Katzrin, with the aim of doubling the Israel populations there."