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The Economic Times
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Rana Sarkar

‘Why don’t you give New Jersey to the Israelis?’: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda commander, recalls his joke to Trump over Golan Heights

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa invoked New Jersey while discussing the much-disputed Golan Heights and US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the territory.

Speaking at an Atlantic Council panel in New York on Tuesday, September 22, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, al-Sharaa discussed Syria’s relations with Israel, direct negotiations between the two countries and the future of the Golan Heights.

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