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Eyal Dror. Credit: Courtesy.

Eyal Dror

Lt. Col. (res.) Eyal Dror lives with his family in Kibbutz Dafna, a northern Israeli border community near Lebanon. He has served in the Israel Defense Forces for more than 30 years and is an active reserve officer in the Golan Division. He previously founded and commanded “Operation Good Neighbor” on the Israeli-Syrian border. Author of Embracing the Enemy: The Inside Story of Israel’s Secret Humanitarian Mission to Rescue Syrian Civilians From Civil War, he lectures in Israel and abroad on security, the Middle East, humanitarian aid, leadership and communal resilience.

Reports of new restrictions on targeted strikes showed how quickly a diplomatic process can become a protective shield for Hamas.
Deploying an international force before Hamas is significantly disarmed could turn that force into a shield for Hamas’s continued rule.
If early violations are glossed over to preserve a larger diplomatic process, then the entire strategy will eventually fail.
At this point in time, Israel cannot recreate an aid model born during Syria’s civil war.
Unless Israel, America and pragmatic Arab partners act now, Turkey may dominate Syria’s future.
Israel can define the threat to its north, but Damascus remains too fractured, too fluid and too uncertain for a real agreement.
Without enforcement, agreements between Lebanon and Israel will repeat the mistakes of the past.
The greatest danger is not simply that the agreement will fail. The real danger is that it will give Hezbollah time to reorganize and rebuild its infrastructure.
From forced evacuation to rebuilding life on the frontier, Kibbutz Dafna embodies modern Zionism and the unbreakable spirit of Israelis.