On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Jewish entity, appeared before us, pompously boasting of his supremacy and arrogance in the Mount Hermon area of the occupied Syrian territories, coinciding with an election campaign for the Knesset scheduled for next October. Wearing a protective vest, he stated in a video clip filmed at the site, “On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, we are atop Mt. Hermon... and we control the entire area from the Hermon Crown to the Yarmouk River, and from here to the Mediterranean Sea – absolute control the likes of which has never been seen before,” pledging never to allow “any terrorist army to establish itself on our border.” Meanwhile, Katz, who accompanied him, declared, “We are here sending a very strong and clear message to the President of Syria, who sits 35 kilometers away down there in his palace in Damascus: we are here on Mount Hermon, we are in the security zone, and we are not moving from here,” claiming that the continued presence of his forces in Syria aims to “confront threats emanating from any jihadi element.”

In response, the Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned “in the strongest terms Netanyahu's illegal entry and touring of Mount Hermon,” deeming this act “a provocative step and a flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and international law.” It emphasized that the continued incursions and attacks by the forces of the Jewish entity within Syrian territory represent a dangerous escalation threatening security and stability in the region. Holding the occupation fully responsible for the repercussions of these violations, it called—as is its routine—upon the United Nations, international organizations, and influential nations to assume their responsibilities in halting these aggressions and returning to the disengagement agreement. Meanwhile, Al-Shaibani, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, stated, “We remain committed to the option of a diplomatic solution and are working hard to achieve it.” He stressed that Syria will proceed with a responsible approach in accordance with international law and the UN Charter, and will defend its national rights through legitimate political and diplomatic means. As for Syria’s representative to the Human Rights Council, Yasser Al-Farhan, he stated, “We call upon the Council to pay attention to uncovering the fate of Syrians forcibly disappeared by the Jewish entity and their whereabouts, and to work toward securing their release.” Meanwhile, Syria’s representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, noted that “Syria's position on the continuous regional escalation has been clear, as it has repeatedly affirmed that it will not pose a threat to any of its neighbors.” Furthermore, negotiation rounds with the Jewish entity mediated by the United States are well known, during which an agreement was reached to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism amidst their mutual efforts to arrive at a broader security agreement.

Observers pointed out that the immediate objective is to obstruct any efforts aimed at reaching new security arrangements in the region, using security demands as a cover to consolidate the occupation at a strategic location such as Mount Hermon. Analysts underscored that the occupation authorities understand only the language of force, emphasizing that concluding any agreements with them will not deter them from their expansionist ideology and occupational ambitions in the region. Furthermore, analysts viewed Netanyahu's recourse to escalating rhetoric and displaying geographical maps as an attempt to sway voters by presenting the military presence as a historic victory, leveraging the fear factor and geographical expansion as early election propaganda amid his shaky domestic political standing.

Meanwhile, the foreign minister of the Jewish entity, Gideon Sa’ar, reiterated his entity’s categorical refusal of Turkish military bases in Syria, considering that to be a “red line.” As for the American envoy, Barrack—known for his cunning and conspiracy against Islam and the revolution of Ash-Sham—he commended Al-Shaibani’s efforts and praised him, saying, “He is tireless, clear-eyed, and serious about lowering the temperature in a region that has little margin for miscalculation,” expressing gratitude for having a partner who recognizes that restraint and dialogue are also manifestations of strength.

Anyone tracking the political reality in Syria realizes that the swagger and insolence of Netanyahu and his defense minister from the territory of Syria is nothing new. Instead, it is a recurring reality that meets not a single stance of dignity worthy of such a gravity-laden event. Those who have incurred wrath rampage through southern Syria day and night, roaming freely, killing, kidnapping, vandalizing, and interrogating, as if the land were theirs and the homes their own, so long as the response—at its utmost—remains mere condemnation, denunciation, and shameful complaining to the international system, which is itself a partner to the entity in its rampage and criminality. This bully would never have acted so arrogantly in his statements had the men of Islam been present in power to say to him, “O son of a disbelieving woman, the answer is what you see, not what you hear!” He thunders and meanders about what he permits and forbids after witnessing stances of humiliation, submission, and subservience, thus climbing a treacherous height from which only sincere servants of Allah (swt) can bring him down to size—servants who sweep through the homelands and reduce him and his fellow criminals to a mere memory of the past. Allah (swt) said,

[فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ]

“So they entered the innermost parts of the homes” [TMQ Surah Al-Israa’: 5].

Furthermore, anyone scrutinizing the statements of Syria’s transitional administration regarding this rampage and criminality finds them stale and repetitive with every act of arrogance and expansion by the Jewish entity, amounting to nothing more than shameful pleading with the enemies upon every aggression. May Allah (swt) have mercy on Khaleefah (Caliph) Harun al-Rashid and his stance, immortalized by history, in dealing with those who respect no pact of kinship or covenant of protection regarding a believer. Allah (swt) said,

[لَا يَرْقُبُونَ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً]

“They do not respect concerning a believer any pact of kinship or covenant of protection”[Surah At-Tawbah: 10].

We have said it repeatedly and we reiterate: the Jewish entity is of a people of slander and a people of treachery; they care for nothing except what serves their interests and solidifies their existence, which they recognize to be temporary. Their repeated statements about the existential danger threatening their entity are nothing but a premonition of the Ummah's coming storm that will uproot them and their followers once and for all.

Humiliating negotiations with them as a precursor to the crime of normalization and the Abraham Accords—pushed forward by Trump—are nothing but a path of disgrace, humiliation, and regret in this world before the Hereafter. America is the root of the disease and the core of affliction; it is the entity prolonging our pain and wounds to serve its own goals, interests, and policy directions. Rulers who follow in its wake reap nothing but disgrace and an evil end, as exemplified by certain rulers of Pakistan who acted as its followers and servants; the moment its interests with such tools and agents come to an end, it discards them into trash bins like used shoes. We have long said that seeking the pleasure of Allah (swt) and seeking the pleasure of America and the West are two incompatible opposites that can never meet; is there anyone then to take heed before it is too late?! Talk of an illusory peace with a crisis-ridden entity is like a mirage which a thirsty person deems to be water. Allah (swt) said,

[وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً]

“As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty person deems to be water”[TMQ Surah An-Nur: 39].

None treads this path except a ruined transgressor who strays from the fundamental principles of the Ummah and its revolution, foremost of which is implementing Islamic governance under a state that frees the prisoners and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, the destination of the Night Journey (Masraa) of the Prophet (saw), restoring the blessed land of Palestine as a purely Islamic land, untainted in its sacred sanctuaries by an occupying enemy. The Jewish entity is an occupying, cowardly, and craven entity that fights us only from behind fortified walls. Allah (swt) said,

[لَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِي قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ جُدُرٍ]

“They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls” [TMQ Surah Al-Hashr: 14].

It acts recklessly only in the absence of the leader and imam of the Muslims—a leader who dispatches armies to answer the plea of a woman or a child in the east or west of the earth, a leader who unifies the scattered Muslims, consolidates their strength, and directs their energies toward what pleases Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) and brings dismay to all enemies of Allah (swt). We are a people whom Allah dignified with Islam; should we seek dignity through anything else, Allah (swt) will humiliate us. We will never truly return to being the best Ummah brought forth for humankind, nor will the dignity and glory of the Deen return until the sons of the Islamic Ummah—especially the people of military power and protection among them—realize that there is no salvation for us except by re-establishing our state, the fountainhead of our strength. Allah (swt) said,

[كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ]

“You are the best Ummah produced for mankind”[TMQ Surah Aali ‘Imran: 110].

For the latter generation of this Ummah will never be rectified except by that which rectified its first generation: entrusting authority to those worthy of it, governing by Islam under the Islamic state despite the resistance of the enemies of Allah (swt). At that moment, the armies of conquest and liberation will set forth anew to convey the message of Islam in truth across the eastern and western expanses of the earth through Dawah and Jihad, and by the permission of Allah (swt), that day is surely coming. This is the path of salvation and the key to its door, and for such great good let those who strive for good deeds, strive. Allah (swt) said,

[لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ]

“For the like of this let those who strive, strive” [TMQ Surah As-Saffat: 61].

* Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Syria