Jihadist forces are building up in Syria under its ruthless former al-Qaeda jihadist president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who changed his image, visited the White House and has managed to find favor with President Trump, or so it appears. Now Trump has warned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to “not interfere in Syria.”
“Trump speaks to Netanyahu, invites him to visit, warns Israel not to ‘interfere’ in Syria,” by Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg, Times of Israel, December 1, 2025:
US President Donald Trump warned Israel via social media on Monday against destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, shortly before holding a phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“It is very important that Israel maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous State,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, days after a deadly operation by Israeli forces in the south of the country.
Trump said he was “very satisfied” with Syria’s current performance under former Islamist rebel President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who made a historic visit to the White House in November.
The US president said Sharaa “is working diligently to make sure good things happen, and that both Syria and Israel will have a long and prosperous relationship together.” He added that the United States was “doing everything within our power to make sure the Government of Syria continues to do what was intended” to rebuild the war-torn country…
I previously outlined the situation in Syria HERE. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hizballah and Hamas are proliferating there. And the latest IDF raid was on Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, which is also present in the country. That raid turned deadly, prompting condemnation from France and Arab countries, and now also a warning from Trump to not “interfere in Syria.”
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN News, the regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa has “appointed an envoy whose sole task is to facilitate communications between PIJ leadership and the Syrian government.” This news is obviously threatening to Israel and indicative of al-Sharaa’s menacing intentions.
Also, in September, Amnesty International reported
It isn’t Israel that is destabilizing the region or “interfering” in Syria. It is jihadists who are the threat. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is a dangerous, seasoned jihadist who has a brutal history in al-Qaeda; he also allied with ISIS (before betraying its late caliph, Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi).
No one really knows what Trump’s intentions are in tying the hands of Israel. A senior US official said that “Bibi is seeing ghosts everywhere,” but that official might see things differently if jihadis had ravaged his own family or was in immediate risk from them.
Netanyahu has since responded to Trump. He stated that “it is possible to reach an agreement” with Syria, but that “we will stand by our principles.”
Israel is trying to survive in a hostile neighborhood while also trying to appease Trump. Trump is most certainly the biggest and most powerful ally to Israel. Nonetheless, he is tying Netanyahu’s hands, since the Israeli prime minister is forced to stay within the boundaries of Trump’s permission.
In the meantime, al-Sharaa is biding his time, as are his fellow jihadists and his strongman supporter, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In essence, it’s a high noon confrontation between al-Sharaa and Netanyahu, while both are apparently being managed by Trump. Should al-Sharaa exercise just enough restraint now to keep Trump on his side, that restraint will only be a temporary. Jihadists are zealous, devious and patient. Should al-Sharaa not use restraint, he knows that he could face the wrath of both Trump and Netanyahu.
The biggest concern is that Israel will face the same enemies after Trump is out of office, and in the meantime, they will regroup and build.
Tony says
Incompetent Trump and our virtue-signaling Western Leaders seem to believe the Muslim lies and promises offered by Ahmed al-Sharaa, by Qatar, by Turkey, etc. when Islam’s Muslims are actually killing Christians, Druze, and Others to ultimately gain totalitarian Muslim rule in Syria against Israel, America, and the West as taught in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Islam and its Muslims offer deceit and empty promises to gain more MONEY, more power, and ultimate control. This is day-to-day Islam, a Terrorist-Criminal-Gang Enterprise.
Allah’s Islam, a CRIMINAL-TERRORIST-GANG ENTERPRISE and a MURDEROUS-DEMONIC CULT OF BELIEVERS, Terrorist Muslim Soldiers for satanic Allah, continually fund, promote, and practice ideological subversion, propaganda, bigotry, discrimination, deceit, industrial-scale slavery, human trafficking, intimidation, supremacy, segregation, hatred, incitement to violence, criminality, genocide, victimhood, censorship, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law, Sharia, and in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 5:14,35; 8:60; 9:41, 88, etc.).
Deceitful Allah stirs hatred against Christians until the resurrection day when Qur’an 5:14 instructs, “And some of those who say, ‘Surely we are Nasara (Christians),’ we took their covenant. So they have forgotten a part of what they were reminded of, so we have stirred up ENMITY and HATRED among them until the resurrection day. And Allah will inform them of what they were doing.” See also Qur’an 60:4.
As taught by Allah, Muslims are supremacist terrorists for Allah with their MONEY and with their LIVES while undermining a society from within using the man-made book of lies and deceit, the Qur’an. Allah in Qur’an 49:15 states, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed jihad with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” Allah in Qur’an 4:101 says, “…Surely the infidels(Non-Muslims) were your clear enemies.”
ALLAH’S MUSLIMS are a greater TERROR than diabolical Allah. Allah in Qur’an 59:13 says, “You[Muslims] are a greater terror in their chests than Allah. This is because they[Jews & Christians] are people who do not understand.” Islam must be banned as illegal, and we have the legal right to defend ourselves from Muslim violence. As a result, Non-Muslims are marked for death by Islam and its Muslims. Allah in Qur’an 9:29 commands, “Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid, nor believe in the religion of the truth among those who have given the book until they pay the jizyah out of hand and they are subdued.”
Again, Islam is a totalitarian and supremacist system of lies and deceit because Allah, the best deceiver, is the actual source of Muslim deceit. Allah in Qur’an 3:54 says, “And they deceived, and Allah deceived. And Allah is the best deceiver.” Allah in Qur’an 8:30 says, “…And Allah is the best deceiver.” Allah in Qur’an 13:42 says, “And indeed, those before them deceived, so to Allah all the deception…”
somehistory says
A dwelling has hundreds of rats. The dwelling’s owner brings in an exterminator who gets rid of many rats, but not all.
A “few” won’t matter, thinks the owner’s neighbor who is tired of the company truck parked near his house, and complains to the owner..
muzzie terror groups are like rats. They don’t really need a leader, and if one muzzie is left to terrorize, that’s one too many..
Stive says
People need to stop making excuses for trump. I’ve watched him for a long long time. Trump has actually stated all the evil he will do but somehow people only hear the parts they like and even those parts have often an evil if one looks deep. For years I only listened to trump speeches on executive order signings, speeches with dignitaries etc and only on pro trump RSBN, to make sure the bias against trump was not there.
Key speeches in Hanoi, en route from china to Asia Pacific conference in manilla revealed much. On return to D.C. another key speech. Many many more, too many to mention. Trump told us cashless digital ai biometrics slavery was his goal out of his own mouth. Selective hearing blocked it out to most. Maga rallies are a waste of time as just his repeat garbage. I looked at the meat. As Leo Hohmann said, the democrat persecution of trump was a show to watch to elevate trump. I say, the never found trump ear bullet was all a psyop. It was a show, not real.
Trump knows what he is doing.He loves mRNA in all things.
One trump executive order his first term was, speedy organs for all in need. The RSBN people thought it was great, how caring. I took a deep thought of , where do these organs come from ? We now know the answer is communist/fascist Canada.
Anyone know about the Trojan horse event or Greeks bearing gifts ?
Trump is wonderfully with gifts boxing Israel into a corner like no one else could ever do.
Just before total victory over Iran, hezbolla, hamas, trump says Stop!
Iranian juntas officials families were already flying out of Iran, when day 12, trump said stop, as Israels bombing of the IRGC was taking such a toll that Iranians toppling the regime was a week ot two away. Trump does not want Iran free unless it’s destroyed first.
A free Iran would be allied with Israel, India, Kurds and other that join. This alliance would not be trump controlled. It would kill off the lesser Abraham accords in trumps control and bank account. American forces could get out of the region.
I could go on and on for hours.
I’m not saying trump is or will become the antichrist on a set day that the devil moves in, as that I can’t know at this time.
I will say that like many movie stars, musicians and leaders have done, trump made the big deal and sold his soul to the devil! In time he will be so wicked that it will be clear but too late to stop him.
He is very clever. Watch his right hand do good but do not look at the evil the left hand is doing. I despise this creature. I’m very much in Christ and conservative but despise the evil, narcissistic being. Wake up people.
KufarDawg says
I’ve also been disappointed in Trump’s pandering to the islamic petrocracies. I’ve read some of his family members are getting rich off deals w/the islamic petrocracies (which ones in particular I forget). Something tells me Trump is being influenced by these islamic petrocracies to suck up to the Druze slaughtering moslame bastard running Syria (I don’t care about the Alawites, they facilitated islamic terrorism against Israel for decades in addition to invading Israel on THREE different occasions without cause or provocation beyond Israel being a Jewish state).
࿗Infidel࿘ says
One correction – Syria fought only 1 war against Israel, and that was in Lebanon in 1983. The 1948 and 1967 wars were fought before the Assads came to power, and the 1973 war – Egypt fought that alone. What the Assads were guilty of doing was providing Iran a transit point b/w Iran and Lebanon for Hizbullah
I’m not clear to what extent the majority of Alawites supported Assad out of conviction vs self-preservation. The Alawite sect is a bit like the Druze – they have practices that are pretty heterodoxic, if not downright heretical, such as the deification of Virgin Mary, as well as the fullblown worship of Ali, which even mainline shi’a sects don’t do. That said, I’m rather ambivalent about them in Syria: while I don’t want them massacred, I’m not sure even Israel, let alone US, should interfere in what the HTS regime does there
KufarDawg says
Um, Syria invaded Israel in ’48’, ’67’ and ’73’. That is historical fact. If you don’t believe me read any book on the Arab-Israeli wars. I would suggest General Chaim Herzog’s excellent book w/that exact title.
Syria was also fond of firing artillery shells at Israeli farms and villages in Northern Galilee from the Golan Hts.
What Syria did in and to Lebanon was criminal — incl. their indirect or direct involvement in assassinating a sitting Lebanese president (the bomb used was manufactured by the Syrians.
Wafa Sultan had to leave Syria after receiving a death fatwah from an Alawite cleric under the rule of “moderate” Bashar Al-Assad.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Kufar
48 and 67, the Assads weren’t the ones in power. Hafez al Assad seized power in 1970. So even if he attacked Israel in 1973, the 2 wars he fought against Israel were then 1973 and 1982 in Lebanon
Fully agree w/ you that what the Syrians did in Lebanon was criminal – from assassinating President-elect Bashir Gemayel to helping Hizbullah become a dominant force in that country. Didn’t know that Wafa Sultan was targeted by an Alawite, as opposed to a sunni cleric
KufarDawg says
The Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party came to absolute power in Syria in ’63’ and was founded in ’47’. This party was run by and for the Alawites. So the Alawites were fully responsible for initiating the ’67’ and ’73’ wars as well as the artillery shelling of Galilee from the Golan Hts. (which constitutes acts of war in and of themselves).
I don’t know who ran Syria in ’48’ but it wasn’t anyone but moslames calling the shots in that sh!tehole state since the Ottoman Empire’s dissolution.
Frankly I don’t give a FFF about the doctrinal differences between the various islamic sects because the core doctrines of enslaving/annihilating/subjugating the unbeliever in pi$$lam are still intact.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, I’m not a fan of any of his Israel policies this term. Also, one expectation of America-Firsters is that other countries not interfere in our internal politics – not just Russia, but even countries like Canada, Britain, Australia, France, Germany, et al. Conversely, we shouldn’t do it either, whether it’s in Israel, India, Uganda, or anywhere else
somehistory says
“Netanyahu taunts Zohran Mamdani, saying he’ll come to New York after mayor-elect vowed to arrest Israel PM”
“Benjamin Netanyahu taunted Zohran Mamdani this week, saying he would return to New York, defying the socialist mayor-elect’s pledge to have him arrested on charges of war crimes.
“I’ll come to New York,” Netanyahu told the Dealbook Summit at Lincoln Center on Wednesday via video from Israel. “Yes, of course I will.””
“Netanyahu also told the forum he wouldn’t meet with the Democratic mayor unless he accepted Israel’s right to exist.
“If [Mamdani] changes his mind and says that we have the right to exist, that’ll be a good opening for a conversation,” Netanyahu said in response to a question about whether he would ask to speak with the mayor-elect.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/netanyahu-taunts-zohran-mamdani-saying-he-ll-come-to-new-york-after-mayor-elect-vowed-to-arrest-israel-pm/ar-AA1RIJZ5?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6931c66f1b034780bc55cc0b44897464&ei=30
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Netanyahu should just ignore him. And NYPD should refuse to try & arrest him, should Mamdani give them that order
Incidentally, when is he talking about coming? If it’s this month, then Eric Adams is still the mayor. It’s only on New Years Day next year that Comrade Zohran gets sworn in
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“Israel is trying to survive in a hostile neighborhood while also trying to appease Trump.”
Perfectly stated.
Daniel Triplett says
That’s right James. The Israelis walk a tightrope.
According to that Pew poll I posted in August (linked again below), aside from Donald Trump and 70% of the US Republican Party, Israel has zero friends on the planet. Although I understand (not condone) the origins of the Islamic hatred for Jews & other Kufara, I just don’t get the widespread hatred and contempt the non-OIC states have toward Israel. Seems to me there are plenty of other despotic countries more deserving of such multilateral animus:
“Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu”
Pew Research Poll
3JUN2025
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/03/most-people-across-24-surveyed-countries-have-negative-views-of-israel-and-netanyahu/#:~:text=Most%20people%20across%2024%20surveyed%20countries%20have,survey%20of%2024%20countries%20conducted%20this%20spring
James Lincoln says
Daniel,
Thank you for reposting your very valuable link.
Somehow, I missed it the first time around.
I’m a little bit surprised regarding the views of Poland and Hungary…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Thanks for this survey, Daniel. Disappointing to note that thee were only 3 countries supportive of Israel – Nigeria, Kenya and India. Although there may have been smaller countries that they either didn’t survey, or didn’t publish, that were more supportive of Israel
Looks like the Nigerians are the most sensible, and given that 50% of that country is muslim, the percentage of non-muslims – Christians and Animists – who support Israel must have been >90%. Probably a similar story in Kenya, w/ its own coastal muslim population and bordering Somalia. While India is fairly split, but if one takes out muslims, the numbers would be more heavily pro-Israel
Daniel Triplett says
Good point.
KufarDawg says
“…but if one takes out muslims” What would be the point of that? India is the THIRD most populous moslame state on earth and predicted to have a moslame majority by the middle of this century.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The president should be warned not to interfere in Israel. He called for Netanyahu to be pardoned. While I recognize that Netanyahu is the object of a witch hunt (which Jonathan Tobin described at length), it’s up to him to decide how to legally fight that lawfare against him. But it’s not our business to interfere in what’s precisely the internal affairs of a sovereign country
Winston 101 says
The Strategy of Islam has not changed. It never does.
“Destroy all that is not Islam and establish The Caliphate.”
It sounds so preposterous and medieval to our modern, Western, ears.
Religious zealotry doesn’t register as real to the secular West. Even to some
in Israel.
If I pan out to an overview of the current Islamic World Strategy it appears that
the Sunni’s are on the ascent over the Shiites. That is a main goal for Sunni’s.
Then the various new Sunni governments stabilize and prosper in various
countries, e.g. Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, some form of “Palestine”et al. The Sunnis
will bargain with any Western devil to complete this phase of their Strategy.
Leaders, like Trump, will think the Sunni’s Strategy is “Peace and Prosperity”.
He will want to help them reach that goal.
Then when all is established and strong, the Sunnis can join together to take on
heretical Iran directly.
After all of that, the Sunnis can turn their eyes to Israel.
For all the trade agreements, Abraham Accords, even some “modernization”, etc.
the Islamic Strategy will still not have changed.
Islam cannot abide Israel’s existence since Israel is on land once held by Islam.
Islam cannot abide land that has never been held by Islam because all land
is to be held by Islam.
All of this is according to the “holy” books of Islam.
I do not think many Western leaders grasp the Islamic Motivation and Strategy.
Religious zeal and goals no longer exists in the West and so Westerner’s are
blind to it when it appears. Bin Landen partially explained it to America in his letters to America and still Westerners dismissed his message.
Bin Laden referenced the tragedy that happened 80 years ago. People thought he meant the formation of Israel. Not so. Israel’s formation was only 60 years ago.
He was referencing the fall of the Ottoman Islamic Empire.
Westerners think Islam is only another religion that can be accommodated in World Affairs. Islam knows better. It would be wise to listen to and “know your enemy”.
Especially an enemy that is inside your own gates.
Feel free to correct me if I have erred.
MABUS AND HTS says
How much Saudi money does betraying Israel cost? I did not expect Netanyahu to put himself first and sell Israel’s security. Syria must be destroyed for Israel’s security. The security of Israel should not be betrayed with MABUS’S (MBS) money.The dismemberment of Syria would bring security to Israel for many centuries. Netanyahu should not put himself first. The establishment of an independent Kurdish state is mandatory – for the sake of Israel’s security.
KufarDawg says
How will the establishment of yet another islamic state in anyway guarantee Israel’s security in the long term? That’s the kind of state the Kurds have already established in their self-governing canton in Iraq. An independent Druze state on Israel’s Northern border would give me more confidence than another islamic state that considers all the Jew hatred in the holey quranus and ahadith to be holy and sacrosanct.
gravenimage says
Trump speaks to Netanyahu, warns Israel not to ‘interfere’ in Syria; invites Bibi to White House
……………………………………………..
Why? More murders of Christians–and Alawites and Druze. Sadly, Trump is a fool here–at best.