Israeli Leaders Call For Syrian President's Assassination: Calls to 'Eliminate The Snake's Head'

💭 Hardline and outspoken Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for Israel to "eliminate" Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, following the latest escalation in sectarian violence this week.

"The shocking images from Syria prove one thing: once a jihadist, always a jihadist," Ben Gvir said in a video statement on Wednesday. "Anyone who murders, shaves mustaches, humiliates, and rapes cannot be negotiated with, and the only thing that can be done is to eliminate al-Julani," he added, referring to the Syrian leader's previous nom de guerre, Mohammad al-Jolani.

"I love the Druze citizens in the State of Israel, and I embrace them warmly, and I tell them: we must cut off the head of the snake," Ben Gvir added, essentially calling for Sharaa's assassination.

Israel has been using the plight of the persecuted Druze minority in southern Syria as a pretext for expanding its military presence far beyond the occupied Golan Heights.

Critics have accused Israeli leaders of 'divide-and-conquer' tactics, and have even allowed thousands of Druze who lived under occupied areas (in Israel) to breach the Golan border fence and flood back into Syria.

The Syrian regime of Sharaa and his fanatical Sunni fighters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have stood accused of conducting entho-religious genocide, targeting Druze, Christians, and Alawites. This has been happening especially in the south this week.