{"id":23984,"date":"2025-11-20T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=23984"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:11:29","slug":"netanyahu-visit-to-syrian-buffer-zone-sparks-online-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=23984","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Visit to Syrian Buffer Zone Sparks Online Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Damascus, Syria<\/strong> \u2013 A recent visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the buffer zone in southern Syria has ignited a storm of controversy across social media platforms. The visit, which took place on Wednesday, saw Netanyahu accompanied by several members of his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu himself publicized the visit, posting on platform X (formerly Twitter): &#8220;I visited the buffer zone in Syria today, received an operational overview, and met with the fighters who bravely defend Israel every day. Proud of our fighters.&#8221; The post included a video clip of the visit.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Syrian Foreign Ministry swiftly condemned the visit<\/em>, issuing a statement calling it an &#8220;illegitimate act and a blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video quickly went viral, triggering widespread debate among social media users. Many expressed outrage at what they described as Netanyahu&#8217;s &#8220;provocative incursion&#8221; into Syrian territory. Some users questioned the apparent lack of response, asking, &#8220;Do we, as a government and a people, have nothing to do to confront this Israeli aggression on our land, other than issuing statements of condemnation and seeking condemnation in the Security Council? Isn&#8217;t it time to restore the Syrian presence as a unified state and people?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, others cautioned against any military response, warning of potentially devastating consequences for Syria. &#8220;Syrians are capable of confronting Israel, but can we withstand a new wave of destruction and displacement?&#8221; one user asked. The potential for wider regional repercussions was also a concern raised by many commentators.<\/p>\n<p>The incident underscores the ongoing tensions in the region and the complexities surrounding the Syrian-Israeli border. The buffer zone has been a source of contention for years, and Netanyahu&#8217;s visit has further inflamed already fragile relations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=50\">More Economy articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, Syria \u2013 A recent visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the buffer zone in southern Syria has ignited a storm of controversy across social media platforms. The visit, which took place on Wednesday, saw Netanyahu accompanied by several members of his cabin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23986,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23984\/revisions\/23986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}