Israelis > Syria after Nov. 27, 2024

20241010 - news - Quds News finds footage Smotrich saying that Jerusalem is destined to extend all the way to Damascus

The Israelis have made themselves part of Syria's history by not signing peace with the Hafez al-Assad regime in 1967. So, not signing peace opened the path of allowing themselves to resort to preemptive attacks backed by the Menachem Begin doctrine, which says "Make sure that no enemy has a nuclear reactor."

Well, since November 27th, you can translate it into "Make sure that no enemy has an army.". The latter is exactly what we've seen since the first week of December 2024. The Israeli argument, that there is still a threat from Syria, makes no ground as they have assisted the HTS offensive with artillery fire from the Golan Heights while we suspect airstrikes by warplanes were also meant to help the HTS in making such fast progress.

Speaking about Golan Heights. The Israelis have sent the message that their intention in Syria is a much different one since they annulled the 1974 Disengagement Agreement by seizing and annexing the international buffer zone. Actions like this one often come after hardline Israelis have made Jihadi-style calls. When listening to how the hardline members of the war belligerent are defending, the actions their army has carried out so far reflect these calls.