A man holds a young child as he sits on a snow sled at the Mount Hermon ski resort in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
MOUNT HERMON, Golan Heights (Reuters) - For Israeli skiers gliding down the snowy slopes in the Golan Heights, U.S. President Donald Trump's proclamation recognising Israel's sovereignty over the territory it captured from Syria more than 50 years ago was long overdue.
At a ski resort on Mount Hermon, which at about 9,000 feet (2,700 metres) high towers over neighbouring Syria and Lebanon, Israelis were thankful for Trump's move.
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