{"id":20327,"date":"2025-07-15T20:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20327"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T20:19:19","slug":"israeli-minister-calls-for-assassination-of-syrian-president-ahmad-al-sharaa-in-escalating-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/15\/israeli-minister-calls-for-assassination-of-syrian-president-ahmad-al-sharaa-in-escalating-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Minister Calls for Assassination of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in Escalating Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a provocative and escalatory statement, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli (Likud) has called for the assassination of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, labeling him \u201ca terrorist and a brutal killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1143\">Chikli\u2019s remarks came in response to the Syrian military and security forces entering Sweida, a southern city with a large Druze population, to restore order following violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin armed groups since Sunday, which left dozens dead or injured.\u201cIf he looks like Hamas, talks like Hamas, and acts like Hamas\u2014he is Hamas,\u201d said Chikli, continuing:\u201cWe cannot remain idle in the face of an Islamo-Nazi terror regime dressed in suits. This man is a terrorist and it&#8217;s better to eliminate him now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1654\">Despite Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza, the West Bank, and other areas, Chikli accused the Syrian government of committing atrocities against the Druze and called for action against what he referred to as a \u201cterror regime in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20242\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-1.jpg\" alt=\"Despite Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Gaza, the West Bank, and other areas, Chikli accused the Syrian government of committing atrocities against the Druze and called for action against what he referred to as a \u201cterror regime in Syria.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Syrian military and security forces entering Sweida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1661\" data-end=\"1711\">Damascus Responds and Airstrikes on Sweida<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1901\">As of 15:30 GMT Tuesday, no official comment was issued by Damascus regarding Chikli\u2019s threats. However, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani responded earlier Monday, stating:\u201cThe protection of the Druze community is a government responsibility, and no foreign party should interfere in Syria\u2019s internal affairs. National sovereignty must be respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2209\">Meanwhile, SANA, Syria\u2019s state news agency, confirmed Israeli airstrikes on Sweida, though details were not provided.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2485\">The Israeli military issued a statement confirming attacks on Syrian army vehicles in Sweida, saying the strikes were carried out under the direct orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (later clarified to be Yisrael Katz).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12875\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12875 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sharaa000-1.jpg\" alt=\"Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani responded earlier Monday, stating:\u201cThe protection of the Druze community is a government responsibility, and no foreign party should interfere in Syria\u2019s internal affairs. National sovereignty must be respected.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sharaa000-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sharaa000-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sharaa000-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"2492\" data-end=\"2523\">Background: Why Sweida?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2525\" data-end=\"2907\">The situation in Sweida is complex. Syrian government forces began entering the city Tuesday morning, officially to restore security after intense intercommunal violence. But Israel has long justified its interventions in southern Syria, especially around Druze-majority areas, by claiming a duty to \u201cprotect the Druze\u201d\u2014a community with ties to Druze citizens of Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2909\" data-end=\"3075\">However, most Druze leaders in Syria have repeatedly rejected any external intervention, insisting that their rights and protection lie with the Syrian state.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3077\" data-end=\"3256\">The Druze population in Syria is estimated at 800,000 out of 22 million citizens, mostly concentrated in Sweida, Rif Dimashq, Quneitra (south), and parts of Idlib (north).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In a provocative and escalatory statement, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli (Likud) has called for the assassination of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, labeling him \u201ca terrorist and a brutal killer.\u201d Chikli\u2019s remarks came in response to the Syrian military and security forces entering Sweida, a southern city with a large Druze population, to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3400,4295,6535,5631,6536],"class_list":["post-20327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ahmad-al-sharaa","tag-druze","tag-israeli-minister-amichai-chikli","tag-sweida","tag-syrian-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Minister Calls for Assassination of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in Escalating Rhetoric - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amichai Chikli calls for killing Syria\u2019s president, Ahmad Al-Shara, labeling him a terrorist.. 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