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Mitchell Plitnick

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Israel Katz visit the Israeli border with Syria, accompanied by the commander of the Northern Command Major General Ori Gordin and the 210th Division Commander Brigadier General Yair Plai, on December 8, 2024. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Office via APA Images)

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria with the support of the U.S. The goals are clear: take strategic land, render Syria defenseless for the future, and redraw the political map of the Middle East. 

Palestinians search the rubble of the Harb family home, which was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, June 18, 2024. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

In the wake of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon, there has been speculation about a similar deal between Israel and Hamas to finally bring about an end to the genocide in Gaza. But are there reasons to think this time may be different?