{"id":16937,"date":"2025-05-04T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16937"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:33:29","slug":"israeli-media-questions-druze-protection-they-spied-on-us-and-attacked-why-defend-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/04\/israeli-media-questions-druze-protection-they-spied-on-us-and-attacked-why-defend-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Media Questions Druze Protection: \u201cThey Spied on Us and Attacked\u2014Why Defend Them?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli media has recently focused heavily on the Israeli military\u2019s involvement in Syria, framed by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu as an effort to protect the Druze minority. However, analysts remain deeply divided on the legitimacy and wisdom of such an intervention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1106\">Channel 13 reported that Israel conducted a strike near the presidential palace in Damascus, accompanied by official statements from both Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1171\">According to Alon Ben-David, Channel 13\u2019s military analyst:\u201cIt\u2019s unclear what Israel actually wants. Does it even have a clear Syria policy? Are we really prepared to risk IDF soldiers to protect Druze near Damascus?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1380\">He continued with a controversial observation:\u201cThese same Druze collaborated with [former Syrian president] Bashar al-Assad, spied on us, and even carried out attacks against us in the Golan Heights.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14284\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14284 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz0-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Syria Druze community\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz0-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz0-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1658\">Meanwhile, Itay Blumental, military affairs reporter for Kan 11, explained that Israel\u2019s message was clear:\u201cIsrael will not allow harm to come to Druze in Syria. The Northern Command, Military Intelligence, and IDF HQ are on high alert following the events in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/30\/israel-strikes-syria-warns-against-attacks-on-druze-near-damascus\/\"> Syria<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"2010\">He noted that the IDF is actively working to prevent armed groups from reaching Druze villages\u2014especially in the Golan Heights and around Damascus\u2014using \u201call available means.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2017\" data-end=\"2060\">Syrian Reaction &amp; Geopolitical Fallout:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2325\">According to Elyor Levy, head of Palestinian affairs at the same network, Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa responded swiftly, denouncing the strike near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/02\/israel-bombs-syrian-presidential-palace-in-warning-to-new-regime-over-druze-clashes\/\">palace<\/a> as a \u201cdangerous escalation\u201d and a violation of Syrian sovereignty and its institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2327\" data-end=\"2372\">Political correspondent Gili Cohen added:\u201cThe strike was approved at the highest levels in Israel. From Israel\u2019s perspective, areas of Syria now under control are seen as advanced buffer zones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2534\" data-end=\"2718\">She noted that some Israeli voices are questioning whether Israel is truly protecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/02\/israels-opposition-leaders-call-for-intervention-in-syria-to-protect-druze-amid-regional-tensions\/\">Druze<\/a>, and what consequences could arise if Druze retaliation or internal massacres occur.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14283\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14283 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Media Questions Druze Protection: \u201cThey Spied on Us and Attacked\u2014Why Defend Them?\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/drouz-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syria Druze community<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2725\" data-end=\"2761\">\u201cRepeating the Lebanon Mistake\u201d:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2888\">Former IDF operations chief Aharon Aksol compared the situation to Israel\u2019s historic withdrawal from Lebanon, saying:\u201cThis is Lebanon all over again. We abandoned the South Lebanon Army and ended up with Hezbollah on our borders. Now we\u2019re about to do the same with the Druze\u2014then wake up to a jihadist Islamic state next door.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli media has recently focused heavily on the Israeli military\u2019s involvement in Syria, framed by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu as an effort to protect the Druze minority. However, analysts remain deeply divided on the legitimacy and wisdom of such an intervention. Channel 13 reported that Israel conducted a strike near the presidential palace in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[719,1788,1485,67,5246],"class_list":["post-16937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-damascus","tag-israeli-military","tag-syria","tag-the-druze-minority"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Media Questions Druze Protection: \u201cThey Spied on Us and Attacked\u2014Why Defend Them?\u201d - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israeli media spotlighted Netanyahu\u2019s claim that recent strikes in Syria aimed to protect the Druze community, 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