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Mark L's avatar

David!

Great Reporting!

Now can we stick one more nail in their coffin. Can we get a Kurdish Homeland with defined borders! ???

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Dave Bender's avatar

Thanks for the kind words.

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Rebekah Lee's avatar

Solid update. Your earlier assessment of Mt. Hermon’s importance underscored by the IDF occupation. May they not leave. Seems Israel's immediate future is positive. Lotsa balls remain in the air inside Syria including the unpredictability of the incoming administration. Thanks for your work on this.

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Dave Bender's avatar

Thanks for the kind words. Honestly, since the Oct. 7th massacre, I've come to believe that, indeed - you lose a war? You lose territory - been that way since time immemorial. And vis versa; the Syrian Hermon and the overlook on northern Israeli cities, towns and villages, from a string of locations in southern Lebanon from where they attacked Israel need to remain in our hands. Indefinitely. And, no, I'm not some right wing, messianic warmonger. Just a centrist Israeli fed up with endlessly twisting ourselves into a pretzel to the international community just to prove that we're docile good sports as our mortal foes plan, inflict, and glory in trying to annihilate us. Guess I'm funny that way; I'm just so done with endlessly trying to "explain" our right to breathe.

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Rebekah Lee's avatar

One hundred percent agree.

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Ruth Weisz's avatar

So heartwarming to hear all this

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Paul Brett's avatar

Hi Dave, thank you for your very informative coverage. All so good to know👌👍 So glad Israel now has the advantageous, strategic High Ground on Mt H. such a critical position to hold👌 Now that Bibi knows he is no longer going to be handcuffed by the Obama/Biden regime and will have the support once again by the Trump Admin, Israel is also, now more able to engage, as The Lion untethered. To be more able & determined to establish Her, “Never Again” stance without reservation. Furthermore, not that it will change the despicable stances taken by Global Bodies such as the UN etc etc, Israel’s rapid response engagement in Syria is sending a clear msg, that it has more than enough of the Will & capabilities to exact all kinds of devastation on those if it wanted to, and that it is being falsely accused of doing to the likes of the “Palestinians” but clearly Isn’t!!! Israel just isn’t like that, to just go in indiscriminately, as it is being so wrongly being portrayed as. While Israel fights for Her very survival… the changing back of the power in America once again thru Trump’s return, will bring with Him a (short, brief, temporary) resurgence that saves America that has been under attack from within by Obama & Crew since 2008! Which has also greatly effected the Brotherhood that was breached by the former, and has now been healed again between Israel & America once again. Fare Thee well😎 Regards Paul

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