While at a joint news conference with Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the U.S. to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We’ll go up to the Golan Heights, again, depending on the weather. The Golan Heights is tremendously important for our security. And I think that when you’re there, you’ll be able to understand perfectly why we’ll never leave the Golan Heights and why it’s important for—that all countries recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”

Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 after capturing the territory from Syria during the 1967 war, but the international community does not recognize its sovereignty. In November, the U.S. said it planned to vote against a U.N. resolution calling for Israel to end its occupation of the Golan Heights.