{"id":28832,"date":"2024-12-20T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/syria-has-always-been-an-israeli-obsession-now-it-has-unexpectedly-given-netanyahu-his-coveted-image-of-victory-aluf-benn\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:50:27","slug":"syria-has-always-been-an-israeli-obsession-now-it-has-unexpectedly-given-netanyahu-his-coveted-image-of-victory-aluf-benn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/syria-has-always-been-an-israeli-obsession-now-it-has-unexpectedly-given-netanyahu-his-coveted-image-of-victory-aluf-benn\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory | Aluf Benn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wars are remembered by their iconic images, and finding a triumphal photograph has been a key goal for belligerents striving to leave their mark on history. On 8 December, after fighting ceaselessly for 14 months, Israel finally got its <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/14\/world\/israel-syria-golan-mount-hermon-intl\/index.html\">image of victory<\/a>. It shows three soldiers in full combat gear posing with Israel\u2019s Star of David-and-stripes flag on a mountaintop against the cloudy sky. The IDF\u2019s special forces captured the highest peak of Mount Hermon in Syria, explained the caption, overlooking Damascus and the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Mere hours after the flight of Syria\u2019s deposed despot, Bashar al-Assad, Israel launched a quick attack to capture the formerly demilitarised zone across the disengagement line that has marked the de facto Israel-Syrian border since 1974, pushing its conquest up to the Hermon peak. The land grab, which met no resistance, was coupled with a massive bombing campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/10\/israel-strikes-hundreds-of-military-targets-in-syria\">destroy the dangerous assets<\/a> left behind by the ousted regime\u2019s military: jet fighters and helicopters, warships, missile factories and storage facilities, air defence systems, research and development laboratories. All were targeted lest they fall into enemy hands.<\/p>\n<p>Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/dec\/20\/syria-israeli-obsession-netanyahu-coveted-image-of-victory-gaza-assad\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz Wars are remembered by their iconic images, and finding a triumphal photograph has been a key goal for belligerents striving to leave their mark on &#8230; <a title=\"Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. 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