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Israel Fears Trump May Press for IDF Pullback from Mt. Hermon in Syria
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Low-key contacts in recent months between Israel and the al-Sharaa administration in Syria have not yet produced a new ceasefire agreement to replace the one with the Assad regime from 1974 until its fall last year. Israeli security officials are urging Prime Minister Netanyahu not to give up the Syrian summit of Mount Hermon, which they view as a strategic anchor for northern security. From that vantage point one can identify every vehicle that enters key Israeli positions in the Golan region. The Syrian side of Mt. Hermon provides effective oversight of the weapons-smuggling routes from Syria to Lebanon. The IDF currently maintains eight outposts inside the Syrian Golan. Israel is inclined to discuss a withdrawal from these outposts in exchange for a renewed ceasefire that would ensure Israel's freedom to strike emerging terror threats in the area. Hizbullah and Iran spent the past decade trying to establish a new front there. Israeli officials warn that while Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa "appears pragmatic right now, he is surrounded by people with a deeply hostile ideology toward Israel."