Netanyahu’s visitation would come at a time when Israel has made considerable gains with its war against Hamas in the Gaza war through its weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon. As Breitbart News reported this weekend, Netanyahu welcomed the news that dictator Bashar al-Assad had been toppled in Syria while warning against “significant dangers.”
“This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad’s main supporters. It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression,” he said. (Read More)