A deal could present an opportunity to improve security realities along the Syrian-Israeli border
In his speech at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Netanyahu referred to the ongoing talks regarding an agreement between Israel and Syria. According to earlier reports, the deal currently being discussed is strictly a security agreement, brokered with American involvement. Ahmad al-Sharaa, until recently the leader of al-Qaeda in Syria, his security forces were responsible in recent months for massacres against Druze and Alawite minorities in Syria.Â
The concern is that signing an agreement with him is akin to signing an agreement with ISIS. Nevertheless, it is evident that the international community—led by the United States—has embraced him, while disregarding the warning signs regarding both the fragility of his rule (he survived an assassination attempt only weeks ago) and his enduring ties to extremist Sunni ideology,  including the fact that the Syrian security leadership today is overwhelmingly composed of figures with a jihadist background.
