Banking on regime change in Tehran is a risky wager
The Israeli media projected the process one giant step further, daydreaming of an era when Israelis could drive to Europe via Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, making a pit stop in the Damascus souk to eat hummus and baklava.
Even after the sudden death of the Assad regime, kashrus agencies are not scampering to arrange supervision in Damascus.
According to Al-Jazeera, Syria’s new ruler — previously known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, before reverting to his birth name of Ahmad al-Shaara — has declared that under his rule, Syria will be “a beacon for the Islamic nation.”
How that plays out for the beleaguered Syrian people remains to be seen. Regime change is a laborious and tortuous process with no guarantee of success. A country destroyed by 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of despotic rule won’t be rebuilt in a day. And despite al-Shaara’s second declaration that he’s not seeking conflict with Israel, don’t expect him to appear on the White House lawn any time soon to join the Abraham Accords.
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