Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, July 21st 2025
“The ties between Israeli and Syrian Druze are real and deeply personal. Many families are split across the border. For Israeli Druze, the suffering of their brothers and sisters in Sweida is not distant news. It is family. It is urgent. It is personal.” — John Spencer *** The Forgotten Slaughter of Syria’s Druze […]
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Andrew Fox Spiked, July 18, 2025 “Regionally, Syria’s ‘new dawn’ is revealing itself as just another nightmare.” Fighting has engulfed the Druze-majority city of Sweida in southern Syria, leaving over 200 people dead. This week, Druze villages have been overrun by Syrian regime forces and allied Islamist militias under the guise of ‘restoring order’, only for […]
Monday, July 21st 2025 / Monday, July 21st 2025
John Spencer@SpencerGuard X, July 19, 2025 “The same institutions and voices that claim to champion human rights have gone quiet.” “During the Holocaust, when you were being slaughtered, you, the Jews, cried for help and no one came. Today we, the Druze, are being slaughtered and are calling for the help of Israel.” The […]
‘ Lior Ben Ari Ynet News, July 16, 2025 “Israel is committed to preventing harm to Druze in Syria, due to the deep bond of brotherhood with our Druze citizens in Israel and their historical and family ties with the Druze in Syria. We are acting to stop the Syrian regime from harming them and […]
Friday, July 11th 2025
“Israel must remain clear-eyed and recognize that Syria remains unstable, the Syrian regime does not exercise full control over its territory, and it does not enjoy full legitimacy. Accordingly, Israel must be strategically and operationally prepared for a scenario in which the current regime may fail to meet its commitments.” — Carmit Valensi SHABBAT READING: […]
Carmit Valensi INSS Insight No. 2010, July 10, 2025 “… under the auspices of American and international support, it is appropriate to give a security arrangement with the Syrian regime a responsible and fair chance.” Reports of talks between Syria and Israel reflect a drastic shift in Israeli policy toward Syria and mark a […]
Christina Goldbaum, Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman NY Times, July 9, 2025 “Based on what I absorbed and heard from the president, we’re less likely to hear about Abraham Accords in the short term and more likely to hear about de-conflicting and making sure Israel and Syria are not enemies.” Syria and Israel have […]
Michelle Nichols Yahoo News, July 10, 2025 “The status of foreign fighters has been one of the most fraught issues hindering Syria’s rapprochement with the West. But the U.S. has given its blessing to a plan by Syria’s new leaders to integrate foreign fighters into the army.” United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no […]
Friday, July 11th 2025 / Friday, July 11th 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt Nordic Monitor, July 3, 2025 “… the proposed agreement is expected to further complicate Turkey’s relationships with third-party countries such as Cyprus, Israel and Lebanon — each with their own stakes in the Mediterranean’s contested waters and wary of any moves that might shift the balance of maritime claims.” A letter signed […]
Tuesday, May 6th 2025
Deadly Attacks on Syria’s Small Druze Community Are Part of a Bigger Fight: Sudarsan Raghavan and Suha Ma’ayeh, WSJ, May 2, 2025 A Look at the Druze Community as It Faces Existential Threat in Syria: Ya Libnan, Yalibnan, May 5, 2025 Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion: Bradley Martin, Newsweek, Mar. 7, […]
Tuesday, May 6th 2025 / Monday, May 5th 2025
Sudarsan Raghavan and Suha Ma’ayeh WSJ, May 2, 2025 “The government is not welcome here.” Deadly clashes this week in southern Syria, home to the Druze ethnic group, are putting new pressure on the nascent government as it tries to prevent the country from fragmenting along sectarian lines. Two days of fighting were set off […]
Ya Libnan Yalibnan, May 5, 2025 “Most of the world’s 1.2 million Druze live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, while diaspora communities in the Americas and Australia remain closely linked to their ancestral homelands through enduring transnational ties.” Syria’s Druze community is facing one of the most violent internal eruptions in years, with over 40 […]
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