Posted on 12/08/2024 11:54:58 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Israel's prime minister has announced its military has temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of the country.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to enter the buffer zone and "commanding positions nearby" from the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan.
"We will not allow any hostile force to establish itself on our border," he said.
A UK-based war monitor said Syrian troops had left their positions in Quneitra province, part of which lies inside the buffer zone, on Saturday.
On Sunday, the IDF told residents of five Syrian villages inside the zone to stay in their homes until further notice.
The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus.
Israel seized the Golan from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981. The move was not recognised internationally, although the US did so unilaterally in 2019.
The Israeli move in the buffer zone came after Syrian rebel fighters captured the capital, Damascus, and toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime. He and his father had been in power in the country since 1971.
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Now they can build a winery there. Grow Syrah grapes.
No doubt the UN will complain. Too bad.
The media will focus on this little slip of land instead of the rest of Syria.
Rocky, altitude, sun, cold nights,... I like it!
Thanks for the map.
I mean, you can't really hide anything there - it's pretty open.
DID NOT get out of the car and look around, though.
Did you tour Nimrod’s Castle? It is an amazing story...
I was renting an old Volvo so mostly did self-guided tours - I may have missed a lot of things, but wound up seeing some things one wouldn't see on a guided tour (for better or worse).
Israel will probably immediately set up logistics to bring in food and fuel to the new territory so as to keep the residents happy. If so, it will rapidly become a free trade zone as the logistics supporting the rest of the country are probably nonexistent. I would not be surprised if Israel employs the residents and pay them in shekels. Very rapidly, shekels will be the currency for the whole area.
OMG! A transitional government? This trans stuff is everywhere! Gag!
Yes, Syrian Syrah sounds lovely !
Perhaps some could equal or surpass Chateau Musar - chateaumusar.com !!
They ain't leavin', either. Ever.
Also includes taking the previous Syria Army base on Mount Hermon at around 2800 meters elevation (over 9000 feet).
The Syrians left. Their government fell. The terms of the deal is no longer valid. So Israel gets to have it for a long time. At least until Syria becomes a functioning democracy (which is never).
Aside from Quneitra it appears from the map that the Israelis now occupy the strategic mountains sector to the very north. Good move.
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