Trump has managed to put together an unprecedented puzzle of Israel, Syria and Lebanon in cooperation against Hezbollah and Iran. For the first time since October 7, there is a new chance, even if fragile, and as far-reaching as an illusion
The US has paved a path for Israel that has the power to change the horizon of war that is fixed in the fate of Israel. See today in our main headline. President Trump is essentially telling Israelis that Israel and the Middle East are not destined to live in a permanent reality of war, and he knows how to change that. It sounds impossible, and it sounds similar to all the previous illusions that we have been fed for over 100 blood-spilling years. However, this time the move is accompanied for the first time by Israel's cooperation with its sworn enemies, Syria and Lebanon, in a military move against the force that promises Israel and the region a bloody life forever, the Iranian-Hezbollah axis. In the coming days, the IDF will reduce its presence in the war against Iran, and will transfer its resources and planes to Lebanon, to defeat Hezbollah. Syria and Lebanon will stand by it, no matter how far-fetched and hopeless it sounds. We need to give it a chance. Perhaps the American president sees something we don't, especially when he managed to arrange the impossible, so that Syria and Lebanon agree to the vision of the end of days, alongside Israel, and the loud-mouthed President Erdogan swallows the pill because he also received a sugar cube from America in return. We'll see.
Mati Cohen