Ran Baratz, exasesor del Primer Ministro Netanyahu:
"Los turcos derrocaron a Assad. Eso no fue en nuestro beneficio. Assad era más conveniente para nosotros." "Assad no era agresivo, y era un conducto muy conveniente para los proxies, para Hezbolá."
Valoración
A former Netanyahu adviser publicly states that Assad's fall was a loss for Israel because he was a passive, useful neighbor. This directly contradicts the official Israeli posture of welcoming the dictator's ouster. The remark exposes a realpolitik calculation: a weak, predictable enemy was preferable to the chaos and unknown actors that replaced him. Watch for whether this view gains traction inside the security establishment or remains a fringe admission.