The Middle East - Gaza, Israel, West Bank and Syria

Israel supports the Druze as they fight for them.

In case anyone thinks the Druze are Jewish, they aren’t.They are Muslims but Israel supports them, a good number of them live in Israel.
The Middle East is extremely complicated.

Yes, Assad was 'bad', and it was wonderful for that brief moment in time to see the people flocking from those prisons.
So many factions will now want to forge their own way.
The new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is certainly not a 'cleanskin'. Can't find at the moment, the name of the group with which he was associated, but it was akin to al-Qaeda.
Things haven't worked out too well yet in Iraq and Libya, since their 'strong' leaders were toppled.
And now Israel is involved in supporting its own allies there.

I think if you divide the world into goodies and baddies then it generally ends in disaster. So Assad = bad therefore those who overthrew him = good. But that is not the way it is playing out, something which was obvious from the outset.

to post 11.30am

I take your point. I think you are right.

Thanks Whitewave, it is a complex problem. I will research Pinkas later.

He has learned from his previous Presidency, fancythat, and has surrounded himself with yes folk and enablers. There are no adults 'in the room'.

Oh I think that I have tbh.

But I’m not so naive to believe that Israel is defending the Druze - a religious sect, for altruistic reasons. The Druze have a large presence in Israel, and serve in the IDF.

Both the Druze and the Syrian army have committed atrocities over the past few weeks. But I think that the reality is that Israel has continuously attacked syria for years and the latest attack on Damascus is simply a continuation of Israel’s policy of de-stabilisation.

Netanyahu personal and probably political aims are clear in this.

A former Israeli ambassador Alon Pinkas has said that this is pure opportunism on Netanyahus part. Pinkas then listed a number of reasons as to why Netanyahu sees it as in his interest to attack Syria.

Thank you AGAA4, that will help to give me a filter.

No, not hilarious. You said it was of serious concern.
You know, I detect a pattern here. You ask folk for reading research advice, and some scorn, as if they wish to alienate you. Why do that, if you have an important issue to present?
Yes, I have had a wee rummage aroung google. Yes it is complex and I'll have to look again.
What jumped out at me, however, because of the shocking Israeli induced starvation in Gaza, was the fact the Israel is sending aid to the Druze, while denying it to the Palestinians.
What is that about???

There is a Druze community in Israel and the Druze have fought alongside Israel. Israel is afraid that Syria is getting more powerful and will do what it can to stop that.
As for the situation in Syria being thought worse than genocide in Gaza
beggars belief.

Maremia

'Worse than Gaza', must indeed be beyond shocking.
Yes, always happy to do research to understand a situation. Best place to start out would be?

Hilarious.

Use your search engine maybe?

Following on from my talk with Maremia at the end of the last thread, and my comment. I was agreeing with you.

All the power coming down to one person, the Leader of the US, must well put the noses out of joint of all the other powerful groups in the world - regardless of their power, influence, size and money.

Trump seems somehow, to have managed to have more power, than any US Leader before him. As well.

'Worse than Gaza', must indeed be beyond shocking.
Yes, always happy to do research to understand a situation. Best place to start out would be?

I think you need to do a bit of research

Understand what is happening to the Druze. And believe me, it's far worse than Gaza.

Israel is defending the Druze.