Nadene Goldfoot
Benny Gantz, a past member of Israel’s War Cabinet and a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, told JNS on Monday that “it’s very good that the State of Israel is supporting the Druze” in Syria.
“It’s the responsibility of al-Sharaa( Abu Mohammad al-Julani-former al-Qaeda terrorist,) to make sure that Syria is not being pushed into the ongoing jihadist approach. If that would be the direction, then any option should be on the table,” continued Gantz, who leads the opposition Blue and White Party in the Knesset. (Does he not realize who this president is?)
“I think we should try and seek other opportunities, not just fighting, but if we have to fight, we’ll fight, and once we decide to fight, nothing is out of the question,” he said.
Another Minister does, who wants the Syrian President removed. There is no chance with Julani. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday called for the assassination of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (Julani) due to his alleged responsibility for atrocities committed against his country’s Druze population. “We need to do one more thing: Eliminate al-Julani,” Ben-Gvir told JNS at the Knesset, using the de facto president’s nom de guerre. “Get rid of him. He’s a jihadist. Why are we letting him live?
“We saw the pictures,” the minister continued, referring to massacres, beheadings and rapes, including of women and children, that were allegedly carried out by state-sponsored militias.
“I think Israel needs to understand: Once a jihadist, always a jihadist,” he said of al-Sharaa, who was a leading figure in Al-Qaeda before founding Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the overthrow of the Assad regime in December 2024.
“I embrace our Druze brothers—they’re our brothers in every way,” said Ben-Gvir, noting that some 100 members of the community serve in the Israel Border Police, which falls under his purview as minister.
Syria is in a big scramble. Fighting men are Bedouins, Syrian Druze, Israelian Druze helping them, Syrians under Julani, Israelis helping the Syrian Druze and the IDF of Israel.
A Syrian asked me where Trump and the USA stand in all this. I believe he is staying out of it. Even Israel is asking the Israeli Druze to go back home to give them room to fight. DOHA, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with longtime foe Israel after a surprise U.S. announcement that it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government. Trump then flew to Qatar, where he oversaw the signing of a deal for the Gulf Arab country to buy jets from U.S. manufacturer Boeing (BA.N)
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