(Jerusalem Post) Peled Arbeli - Dr. Col. (res.) Moshe Elad said, "A scene in which Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Julani), the new president of Syria, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands on the White House lawn is no longer a hallucination. Such a scene might happen very soon." This reflects a major shift in the region's power dynamics. "Anyone who followed Sharaa's actions during the "12-day War" and expected him to disrupt the Israeli Air Force's operations over Iran was disappointed....Even if he had Russian S-400 missiles, it's unlikely he would have used them. Like Israel, Sharaa wants to weaken Iran, just like Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, and others." Elad believes Sharaa is seeking a strategic partnership. "He is looking for an alliance with Israel. This is not a mirage. It's a reality that many fail to recognize, but it's unfolding before our eyes. When U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that 'big things' were coming in the region, and when his envoy Witkoff spoke of a "new alignment" in the Middle East, this included bringing Syria and Lebanon into the Abraham Accords." "The direction is clear....Now that the Arab world has seen how Iran, despite its image, has been exposed as a paper tiger, a significant obstacle to Arab-Israeli rapprochement has been removed."
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