How Can Israel Be Criticized for Stopping a Massacre?

(MEMRI) Col. (ret.) Yigal Carmon - The massacre of the Druze in Syria was no tribal accident. Syrian President al-Sharaa praised the jihadi perpetrators who had carried out a deliberate Islamist attack on minorities. The isolationists in the U.S. hastened to criticize Israel for its stopping of the massacre, calling Netanyahu a madman. How can Netanyahu be criticized for stopping a massacre? The next massacre is already on its way. The writer, former counter-terrorism advisor to two Israeli prime ministers, is founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.


2025-07-24 00:00:00

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