What’s the real motive behind Israel’s involvement in Syria?

Israeli warplanes person struck Damascus – portion of a question of cross-border strikes that person enactment the portion connected edge.

Israel says the attacks are to support the Druze number successful the confederate metropolis of Suwayda.

But Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa warns Israel is trying to sow struggle and part betwixt the Syrian radical – for its ain benefit.

As portion of a ceasefire agreed with Druze spiritual leaders, he’s ordered the withdrawal of authorities forces from Suwayda and promised to safeguard the Druze community.

But however volition Israel’s involution signifier Syria’s future?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Akiva Eldar – Author of Lords of the Land: The War for Israel’s Settlements successful the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007

Gamal Mansour – Lecturer and governmental idiosyncratic astatine Toronto University

Stephen Zunes – Professor of authorities astatine the University of San Francisco