Israel’s security doctrine, increasingly reliant on offensive action beyond its borders, is exporting insecurity to an already volatile region. This model is unsustainable—and soon, its consequences will reach the gates of Europe.
Yasser Abboud – Syrian Political Analyst
Over the past decade, Israeli airstrikes in Syria have become routine events—underreported, underquestioned, and underacknowledged by the international community. What Israel frames as “preventive” actions against Iranian influence in the region, we in Syria experience as chronic destabilization.
From Damascus to Aleppo, each explosion is a reminder that Israeli involvement in Syria is not about security—it is about perpetuating chaos.Israel’s strategy is clear: weaken Syria, fragment its sovereignty, and ensure that no unified state rises from its ashes. But what remains vastly underestimated in Western capitals is the spillover effect.
Instability, once ignited, does not recognize borders.The destruction of infrastructure, the obstruction of rebuilding efforts, and the deepening humanitarian crisis will push another wave of Syrians to seek safety beyond the Mediterranean. And Europe, already politically fractured over immigration and border policies, will not remain unaffected.
The notion that chaos can be surgically contained is not only false—it is dangerously naive.It is time for European policymakers to recognize that silence toward Israel’s unchecked military campaigns in Syria is not neutrality; it is complicity. By enabling or ignoring these operations, Europe indirectly contributes to the very instability that later knocks on its own doors in the form of displaced families and extremist undercurrents.
Israel’s security doctrine, increasingly reliant on offensive action beyond its borders, is exporting insecurity to an already volatile region. This model is unsustainable—and soon, its consequences will reach the gates of Europe.
