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Michael Blum with Daniel Capurro

Israel Aims To 'Double Population' In Annexed Golan: PM

Israel has occupied most of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau, since 1967 (Credit: AFP)

The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.

As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered troops to seize the demilitarised zone between the two countries' forces on the Golan Heights.

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