The Syrian Civil War Is Changing Arab Attitudes toward Israel
As Arab rulers and their peoples come to see that Islamism and Iran are the real threats.
October 10, 2019
The Syrian Civil War Is Changing Arab Attitudes toward Israel
As Arab rulers and their peoples come to see that Islamism and Iran are the real threats.
As Bashar al-Assad and his allies continue their bloody repression of his domestic enemies, many Arabs no longer see Israel as the greatest enemy; similarly, both Arab rulers and their subjects are less inclined to admire Iran and Hizballah for their “resistance” against the Jewish state, and more inclined to see them as strategic threats to their own countries, made morally repugnant for participating in the slaughter in Syria. Hadeel Oueis, who spent several months in prison in Syria for her role in the early days of the uprising, explains:
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