Just days ago, Israel openly voiced its
frustrations with the United States for not taking a stronger role in
countering Iran’s growing influence in neighboring Syria, a red line for
Israel that has them planning to assault Syria’s sovereignty in order to defend its interests.
“It is convenient for the Americans to let us be their proxy against
Iran in Syria,” one senior Israeli official said, according to the Times
of Israel. “We are very worried.”
“Let me be direct. There is a
need for greater American involvement in making sure that Iran doesn’t
turn Syria into a puppet state,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan
last week reportedly told
the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations. “Every day that Iran entrenches itself in Syria brings
war closer. There is no vacuum.”
“If the US chooses not to be a
major player in shaping the future of Syria, then others will — and
trust me, it won’t be the democratically elected representatives of the
Syrian people,” Erdan added.
