“Despite the high level of complexity created by Russia’s involvement in Syria – or perhaps, rather, because of it – Israel must engage in active efforts to topple Assad and hand Iran a strategic defeat in Syria,” a policy brief publishedTuesday by the Institute for National Security Studies said.
The dramatic publication, which was co-written by former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, argued that Moscow’s military intervention on behalf of the Assad regime “places Israel in a new reality that requires reconsideration of the ways to confront” regional challenges.