Itamar Ben David - Israel VIP Tour Guide

The attack on Majdal Shams is far more consequential than you think. A bit long sorry.

Terrible attack on the Druze Village “Majdal Shams” (Arabic for The Tower of the Sun) with dozens of young casualties, following a successful Israeli strike in Lebanon earlier today that killed 4 Hezbullah militants.

I see this strike as an unusual not because of the high number of civilian casualties on the Israeli side but because of the target that was selected. Majdal Shams historically kept some loyalty to the Syrian Government because of the Druze religious principal of being loyal to every sovereign power. Although Israel took over the Golan including Majdal Shams in 1967, it was not clear if Israel will give back the Golan to Syria in a future Peace agreement. It was much safer for the Druze of the Golan to keep loyalty to Syria in a democratic country instead of showing loyalty to Israel and be punished by the Syrians if such Peace deal happens.

Well, over the years things have changed especially during the Syrian Civil War. Fast forward to our days Majdal Shams is far more integrated in the Israeli Society, yet their Druze brothers and sisters in Syria are in a grave danger. The Druze in Syria (mainly in the south - Sweidaa region) are facing existential threat by Iran, Syria and Hezbullah along with other Iranian backed militias. An Iranian led military drill last week increase these concerns.

What I think that just happened with this incident is the following: Iran and its proxies are putting Israel-Druze relationship to the test. If Israel doesn't respond dramatically to this attack (and there are few reasons why not: hostage deal with Gaza, the concern with opening a full scale war with Lebanon while the White House is hostile and US is focused on the elections) and if the Druze in Israel don't manage to push decision-makers to respond dramatically to the notorious attack on Majdal Shams - the conclusion of Iran will be: Israel is unwilling to start a war for the Druze of the Golan and the Druze of Israel didn't manage to push it towards it- so that means we can attack the 600,000 Druze in Syria, Sweidaa - and there is no chance Israel will do anything about it.

Why do they want to get rid of the Druze of Sweidaa? Here are few reasons: create a refugee crisis on the border of Israel and Jordan, two countries that are US allies, get a better stronghold for the Iranian proxies as they smuggle drugs from Lebanon and Syria via Jordan to Saudi Arabia and the gulf, and smuggle weapons to the Palestinian Jihadists at the West Bank via the north of Jordan.

Like a trained chess players Iran doesn't stop to push, destroying countries, societies, communities, and peaceful religious minoritires like the Druze on their way to annihilating Israel and conquering Saudi Arabia - with Mecca 🕋 in its midst in order to become the true leaders of the Muslim World.

We had the honor to meet and hear the kind words of Imam Hassen Chalghoum, a voice of Peaceful Sunni Muslim leader who stand with Israel against Islamic Radicalism and Fanaticism.

Fear not Israel for you are a Lion’s cub Judah… as the Iranian octopus attacks Israel on all fronts we remember the words of Ezekiel 38: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog… Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets… ‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land… son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: …You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes."

Check out my article The The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-796430

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