“I am Yahweh; that is My Name! I will not give My glory to anyone else, nor share My praise with carved idols.” (Isaiah 42: 8)
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Israel Hayom—Israeli officials offer lukewarm reception to post-war Syria ‘principles’:
Israeli officials are giving a lukewarm reaction to an international agreement laying out principles for post-war Syria.
The agreement, announced in a U.S.-Russian statement on Saturday, confirmed the importance of “de-escalation areas” as an interim step toward reducing violence, enforcing cease-fire agreements, facilitating humanitarian aid and setting conditions for the “ultimate political solution” to a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
It also affirmed what it said was a U.S.-Russian-Jordanian understanding calling for “the reduction and ultimate elimination, of foreign forces and foreign fighters from the area to ensure a more sustainable peace.”
Israel has long complained about the involvement of archenemy Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, in the Syria war. The Shiite allies have sent forces to back Syrian President Bashar Assad, who appears to be headed toward victory after years of fighting. Israel has said it will not accept a permanent military presence by Iran and its Shiite allies in Syria, especially near the Israeli border.
Israel signaled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes meant to thwart the delivery of weapons to Hezbollah, as well as to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces.
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Sunday that the agreement “does not answer Israel’s unequivocal demands that there will be no developments that bring Iranian or Hezbollah forces closer to Israel’s border with Syria in the north.”
Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz said last week that an international agreement on Syria would be a positive development, but stressed that Israel is not a party to this deal and would defend its interests.
“We have proved that before and we will prove it again in the future,” Katz said on Thursday, ahead of the expected agreement.
Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of the Syrian war, but officials have said it will not allow Hezbollah to obtain “game-changing” weapons, and it has expressed deep concerns that Iran will carve out a “Shiite corridor” providing a land route to ship weapons from Iran to Lebanon.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
Israeli leaders know full well the problems that will develop if mistakes are made at this juncture in the Syrian Civil War. Although Israel did not have a seat at the table when this decision was made, Israeli voices should be heard and respected.
The Israeli people have skin in the game. Russia and the U.S. don’t. Jordan had a seat at the table, but Jordan has not been targeted for annihilation by Iran and Hezbollah. Israel has.
Over the decades, I have witnessed decisions being made that have dramatic effects on Israel, and Israel for all practical purposes, has been left out of the loop. That has resulted in serious problems. Those mistakes should not be repeated.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
See “His Name is Yahweh”.
