Israeli Defense Minister: Israel is not on the path to peace with Syria.
In a confidential meeting with members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Yisrael Katz attributed the situation to the presence of groups inside Syria that, according to him, are planning a ground attack on residential areas in the occupied Golan Heights.
Claiming security threats from the northern borders, Katz added that Tel Aviv has considered the scenario of an attack on the north of the occupied territories as part of its defense measures.
The Israeli Defense Minister continued that the regime considers itself responsible for supporting the Druze tribe in Syria.
He said: The Israeli army has a ready plan, and if attacks on the Jabal Druze region (Sweida province) are repeated, we will intervene in various ways, including by closing the borders.
These remarks come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with Yisrael Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Director of the Internal Security Agency (Shabak), and several other senior officials, visited what is called the “buffer zone” inside Syria last week.
This action took place amid increasing tensions on the northern borders of occupied Palestine and the military movements of the occupying regime in the Golan Heights.
At the time, Hebrew-language media reported that negotiations to sign a security agreement between the Israeli regime and Syria had reached an impasse.
According to these sources, Tel Aviv has rejected the request of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara’a for a complete withdrawal from all areas occupied by the Israeli army after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Hebrew media also reported that the Zionist regime would only be willing to withdraw from some of these occupied territories if a comprehensive peace agreement, not just a security agreement, is reached with Syria.
However, according to these sources, the realization of such an agreement seems unlikely in the current circumstances, and there is no sign of it on the horizon.
Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria, clashes have occurred between the Syrian Druze and elements affiliated with the country’s interim president, Abu Muhammad al-Julani. On the one hand, Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities are concerned about the totalitarian and extremist actions of elements affiliated with the new government, and on the other hand, the Zionist regime is trying to divide Syria into several weak and small states by repeatedly attacking its military capabilities and supporting ethnic and identity minorities in the country.
Simultaneously with these developments, the occupying regime has occupied parts of the south of the country, including the strategic heights of “Jabal Al-Sheikh”.