Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with army officers in territory Israel just lately took management of in Syria, and vowed that Israeli troops would stay within the nation for the foreseeable future.
In a press release issued from Mount Hermon, about six miles from the border of the Israeli-held Golan Heights, Mr. Netanyahu mentioned Israeli forces would stay on the mountain “till one other association is discovered that ensures Israel’s safety.”
The prime minister’s journey was more likely to be considered as provocative by Syria’s new management, which has criticized Israel’s expanded army presence throughout the de facto border since rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad. Israeli forces have pushed past areas that the nation controls within the Golan Heights and captured land together with the summit of Mount Hermon, in what Israeli officers have described as a brief safety measure.
“I’m right here on the summit of Mount Hermon,” Mr. Netanyahu mentioned in a press release on Tuesday asserting that he was assessing the scenario there together with Israel’s protection minister and different prime commanders
“It makes me nostalgic,” Mr. Netanyahu added. “I used to be right here 53 years in the past with my troopers in a patrol of the Israel Defense Forces. The place hasn’t modified, it’s the identical place, however its significance to Israel’s safety has solely grown in recent times, and particularly in current weeks with the dramatic occasions which can be taking place right here under us in Syria.”
On Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu met with Israel’s protection minister, the Israeli army chief of employees and different officers “on the Hermon ridge,” in accordance with a press release from his workplace, which mentioned they’d reviewed the Israeli army’s deployment within the space “and set pointers for the longer term.” His workplace didn’t specify whether or not he had visited areas that Israel captured this month or had stayed in areas Israel occupied after a 1967 conflict and later annexed.
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