Israel 'Ready for Security Deal' With Syria, While Occupying Golan
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, as reported by The New Arab, stated Israel is 'ready' for a security agreement with Syria. This declaration comes while Israel continues its decades-long occupation and annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights, and regularly conducts airstrikes on Syrian territory. One might wonder if 'security deal' has been redefined to mean 'we keep what we took, and you stop
complaining.' This isn't a new tactic; Netanyahu has repeatedly used similar rhetoric, proclaiming a desire for 'peace' while expanding settlements or maintaining occupations, as seen in his 2015 U.N. address. The media’s framing of such statements without immediate context of occupation (since 1967, and annexed in 1981) allows an absurd double standard to persist, where one party can demand
'security' while actively violating another's sovereignty.