Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel will “indefinitely” occupy areas of southern Syria it captured after the the regime change in Damascus that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Katz made the comments while visiting Israeli troops on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, which is located on the Syria-Lebanon border. “The IDF will remain at the summit of the Hermon and the security zone indefinitely to ensure the security of the communities of the Golan Heights and the north and all the residents of Israel,” he said.
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967 and annexed the Syrian territory in 1981, a move not recognized by any country until the first Trump administration did so in 2019.
Israel began its latest land grab in Syria by capturing a buffer zone between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the rest of Syria that was patrolled by UN peacekeepers. The invading Israeli forces have also captured several towns and villages in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated and took credit for the overthrow of Assad since he was an ally of Iran and Hezbollah. But Israel has also used the takeover of Syria by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda, to invade and capture the land in the south. Israel also launched massive airstrikes in Syria to destroy military equipment.
“We will not allow hostile forces to establish themselves in the security zone in southern Syria… we will act against any threat,” Katz said atop Mount Hermon. “We will not be dependent on others for our security.”
God is setting his rebellious children up for a fall
“We will not be dependent on others for our security.” Oh, no? You hear that President Trump? Guess they won't be needing all that money and arms you've been planning on sending them…
So noted but couldn't really say good to know. The Syrians may want to gift that area to Ukraine in a last-ditch effort to defend their sovereignty.
But, but, but, Ukraine!
Julani wouldn't like that…!
So Greater Israel isn't a lie. Figures.
It never was a lie from way back when. That was the idea from the start to get a foothold in the Middle East and eventually control the whole Middle East.
Wonder what Trump and Bibi will cook up when they meet. of course they will never tell us the truth. But so fat Israel says they will not give up South Syria and Trump says to remove US troops from Syria. Meaning Trump will give Bibi weapons and money to move into Syria, this way he pleases his "peace crowd" but also knows once Israel has Syria the USA also has Syria anyway.
Not just the middle east. The globalists weren’t defeated, their 10 region world division is whats being setup now. Its why the mcc.gov corporation exists. Nevermind the foreign aid the FED GOV gives to just about Every country on earth. If Tax Payers had a clue, they’d stop paying taxes yesterday.
https://www.mcc.gov/where-we-work/
Of course, a commie like you is unable to follow matters. To people that actually follow matters, and come here for discussions, not cheap smears, Trump despises Netanyahu, justifiably.
It's not our problem. You cant contrive anything you want.
"Trump despises Netanyahu" Sure, that is why he invited him to the White House. I'm sure you routinely invite people you don't like to your house.
That just shows you how much you know. I am totally against the Marxist/Globalist/Communist Left, that's why I voted for trump in 2016, not researching him enough. I did that after he helped the Left more, but he hid it well adn was and is a great con artist.
I have been following the mess in Israel since the Sixties and was against Zionism back then, long before I even heard about Trump even though I lived in NY,NY.
That’s the thing about Trump. Life-long progressive Democrat. Ran for the Reform Party’s presidential nomination as such in 2000, but dropped out when he saw Pat Buchanan was whipping his ass … and then began a long remake of himself as a sort of “Pat Buchanan meets professional wrestling.”
That happened to intersect with the Republican Party’s attempts to abandon “open borders” Reaganism and start out-Democrating the Democrats on immigration authoritarianism, which is what got him their presidential nomination.
Lié, deny and Occupy…!
One must hope that Hezbollah thwarts the terrorist intentions of the Zionist regime and frees Lebanon from these illegal squatters.
That is a legitimate hope which I share. It's a good thought.
The leftist propagandists are different, they come here for the purpose of smearing Trump, nothing else.
And you come hear with purpose to praise Trump nothing else. Who started to ship 2000 pounds bombs to Israel again? Details don't matter to Trump supporters.