Netanyahu visits Golan Heights, near Syrian border, and cautions Israel’s enemies

Benjamin Netanyahu during a security and defense tour of the Golan Heights, near the Northern Israeli border with Syria, in 2016. Netanyahu revisited the area on Tuesday and warned Israel’s enemies not to test its resolve. (GPO)

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a rare visit to the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, peering across the nearby border into Syria and warning Israel’s enemies not to “test” its resolve.
Netanyahu was accompanied to a hilltop observation point, some three kilometers (two miles) from a 1974 cease-fire line, by his security cabinet. He has been cautioning against any attempt by Iran to deepen its military foothold in Syria or construct missile factories in neighboring Lebanon.
“We seek peace but are prepared for any scenario and I wouldn’t suggest to anyone that they test us,” Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks.