IDF statements detail that the ongoing invasion of southern Syria is getting broader and broader, with officials saying that they have carried out dozens of raids even deeper into Syria in recent weeks. They did not clarify exactly how deep they’ve gone, but there have been recent reports of them moving into the Quneitra Governorate and the Daraa Governorate in force, putting Israeli troops not far from the Syria-Jordan border.
Israel is claiming the region poses a threat to Israeli security, particularly the security of the already-occupied Golan Heights, and says most of the raids are about taking arms away from the locals in the area. Signs are that this is more than just about taking guns (and personal computers) from Syrians, and is giving the appearance of another protracted occupation.
Beyond Israel building military bases inside the newly seized territory and saying their presence will continue “indefinitely,” Syria’s Druze minority in Quneitra is reporting that the Israeli forces are offering them entry permits to allow them to go into Israel during the day to work, so long as they return to Israeli-occupied Syria at night.
Such permits wouldn’t make much sense if Israel’s plan was for a very temporary presence in that part of Syria. Moreover, IDF forces are said to have couched the offers to the Druze as the same arrangement they made with Palestinians they allow to work inside Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just recently announced his intention to remain in southern Syria for an “unlimited” time, and that Israel will not allow the Syrian military to have any forces inside Syrian territory south of the capital city of Damascus. He insists Quneitra, Daraa, and Suwaya Governorates must be fully demilitarized.
This suggests Israel increasingly views the part of Syria that is south of Damascus as either Israeli-occupied territory, or territory that Israel just hasn’t gotten around to occupying yet. Locals in southern Syria have rallied in force in protests Monday to denounce the Israeli dictates, saying that they violate the sovereignty of Syria.
Though Israel cheered the regime change in Syria late last year, and Netanyahu even took credit for it, Israel remained hostile to the new Syrian government, however, and used that pretext to launch an invasion almost immediately after Assad’s ouster, an invasion that the US has largely supported.
Israel is stealing more land. They will not stop voluntarily. These are evil and greedy people.
I can't understand your thinking. you seems to be against Israel yet Trump is your god who can do no wrong? Trump wants a Gaza Riviera on top of dead bodies, lifted sanctions on the settlers so that they can expand again and take more Palestinian lands and now wants to remove all Palestinians from Gaza.
The symptom set of the antigen-positive variant of Trump Derangement Syndrome looks something like this:
– Anything Trump says that I agree with is fantastic.
– When he turns around and says the opposite, I can’t hear that.
– When he’s doing things I agree with, he’s the strongest leader in human history, whose guiding hand leads us without error or deviation toward victory and utopia.
– When he’s doing things I disagree with, he’s a helpless meat puppet, held back and lied to by traitors while they do as they wish despite his deepest desires.
And all four of those things can be going on at the same time, with respect to the same issue.
Pretending to care about the Druze in order to drive a wedge between them and their fellow Syrians, but most importantly to use them as cheap labor to compensate for loss of Palestinian labor they have lost because they are killing them off.
"It feels good to be Chosen."
Israel should remember: Empires collapse.
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Endorsed by King Donald.
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To the US State Department:
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
There is always a Pink Floyd song for the occasion.
You missed two more Hellos…!
I thought so too. But nope.
Comfortably Numb
by Pink Floyd
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on, it's time to go
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look, but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown, the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
my bad…! The echo effect makes it threefold…!
Well… they fooled Druze minority, got their flags and installed them on their tanks along with their own…!