Syrian Government Negotiator Says Israel Working With ISIS

The article below is from the Jerusalem Post and is dated: 04/18/2016. For previous articles on this topic, please see here and here for more about the Greater Israel Project. See here and here for more about ISIS. See here for a Hezbollah leader saying: 'The only State in the world that is not concerned with ISIS is Israel.'

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He did not clarify how he believed the developments established a link between Israel and Islamic groups.

Islamist fighters in southern Syria. (photo credit:ARAB MEDIA)

The chief Syrian government negotiator at peace talks in Geneva accused Israel on Monday of cooperating with Islamic State and al Qaida militants in the Golan region, deflecting attention from intra-Syrian negotiations.

The Damascus delegation had already sought on Friday to steer the round of peace talks away from the political transition that UN envoy Staffan de Mistura hopes to promote as increased fighting across the country threatens to undermine a shaky truce in place since Feb. 27.

"This Israeli provocation ... confirms without any doubt the cooperation between Israel and terrorists of Daesh (Islamic State) and Nusra Front on the demarcation line between where the Golan is and UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) troops are positioned," Bashar Ja'afari told reporters after meeting UN mediator Staffan de Mistura.

He was responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's holding of a cabinet meeting in the Golan, the first since it was captured from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed in 1981. He said the annexation, not recognised internationally, would never be rescinded.

"It is no coincidence at all that this Israeli escalation was accompanied by irresponsible statements by members of the so-called Saudi delegation in the intra-Syrian talks here in Geneva," Ja'afari said, referring to the High Negotiations Committee main opposition group. Some members of the HNC have called on rebel fighters to resume attacks on government forces.

"The fact that all that happened simultaneously clearly indicates there are close ties between Israelis, and I regret to say some Arabs and some terrorists within Syria," he said.

He did not clarify how he believed the developments established a link between Israel and Islamic groups.

He said he had sent letters to the UN Secretary General and Security Council requesting they immediately intervene to condemn the cabinet meeting and request it did not reoccur.

Hezbollah Leader: 'Only State in World not concerned with ISIS is Israel'

For previous posts see here for more about how phony the war on terror is. By phony, I mean it certainly isn't what you think as far as who is behind it. See here for the connections between Israel and Islamic Fundamentalism. See here for more about ISIS and Israel. See here for more about the Project for a New American Century and Clean Break: a New Strategy for Securing the Realm for Israel.

Israel & Islamic Fundamentalism

In addition to the article below, please see here, here, and here . Also, watch this video.



Why would Israel provide covert support for Islamic fundamentalist extremists? What interests do the Israelis and ISIS have in common? The answer to these provocative questions points toward a dirty little secret that the major media in America is keeping under wraps.

As hard as it may be for the average American to digest, there is a solid record of evidence pointing toward a long-time—albeit little known— role by Israel’s intelligence service, the Mossad, in providing financial and tactical support for the very “Muslim extremists” presumed to be Israel’s worst enemies. The truth is that Muslim extremists have proven useful (if often unwitting) tools in advancing Israel’s own geopolitical agenda.

Although the media has devoted much coverage to the topic of “Islamic fundamentalism,” the media has failed to pursue the documented behind-the-scenes linkage between Israel and the terrorist networks now the focus of media obsession.

In fact, evidence suggests that the world’s number one Muslim villain—Osama bin Laden—was almost certainly working with the Mossad in years past. Although many Americans are now aware that bin Laden’s early efforts against the Soviets in Afghanistan were sponsored by the CIA, the media was reticent to point out that this arms pipeline— described by Covert Action Information Bulletin (September 1987) as “the second largest covert operation” in the CIA’s history—was also, according to former Mossad operative Victor Ostrovsky (writing in The Other Side of Deception), under the direct supervision of the Mossad.

Ostrovsky noted that: “It was a complex pipeline since a large portion of the Mujahideen’s weapons were American-made and were supplied to the Muslim Brotherhood directly from Israel, using as carriers the Bedouin nomads who roamed the demilitarized zones in
the Sinai.” 

Former ABC correspondent John K. Cooley, in Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism, provides some confirmation for Ostrovsky’s allegations. He writes: Discussion of the input of outsiders to training and operations in Afghanistan would be incomplete without mention of Iran and the State of Israel. Iran’s major role in training and in supply is a matter of historical record. As for Israel, the evidence is much sketchier.

At least half a dozen knowledgeable individuals insisted, that Israel was indeed involved in both training and supply… Whether or not units of Israel’s elite Special Forces trained the Muslim warriors, who would soon turn their guns against Israel in Muslim organizations like Hamas, is a well-guarded Israeli secret. (Also, see here.)

Several Americans and Britons who took part in the training program have assured offered information that Israelis did indeed take part, though no one will own to having actually seen, or spoken with, Israeli instructors or intelligence operatives in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

What is certain is that of all the members of the anti-Soviet coalition, the Israelis have been the most successful in concealing the details and even the broad traces of a training role; much more than the Americans and British … In addition, it should be noted that Sami Masri, a former insider in the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) told journalists Jonathan Beaty and S. C. Gwynne (both of Time magazine) that BCCI “was financing Israeli arms going into Afghanistan. 
There were Israeli arms, Israeli planes, and CIA pilots. Arms were coming into Afghanistan and [BCCI was] facilitating.” In fact, although BCCI was generally said to be an “Arab” or “Muslim” bank, BCCI was very much working in close concert with the Mossad in the very realm where bin Laden first made his mark.

So there is some evidence, indeed, that bin Laden was very much part of a network that was closely tied to Mossad intrigue in the arming and training of the Afghan rebels. However, there’s much more to the story of the Mossad’s ties to the so-called Islamic terror networks that are the stuff of American nightmares today.

In his follow-up book, The Other Side of Deception, ex- Mossad figure Victor Ostrovsky unveils the disturbing fact that the Mossad had a secret history of supporting radical Islamic groups for its own purposes.

Pointing out that Arab- and Muslim-hating hard-liners in Israel and its Mossad believe that Israel’s survival lies in its military strength and that “this strength arises from the need to answer the constant threat of war,” the Israeli hard-liners fear that peace with any Arab state could weaken Israel and bring about its demise. In that vein,  Ostrovsky writes: Supporting the radical elements of Muslim fundamentalism sat well with the Mossad’s general plan for the region. An Arab world run by fundamentalists would not be a party to any negotiations with the West, thus leaving Israel again as the only democratic, rational country in the region. (See this video here, also see here, here and here.)

One of Israel’s prime targets was the kingdom of Jordan, then-ruled by King Hussein, who was actually in the process of making peace overtures toward Israel. Ostrovsky reports that the Mossad was determined to “destabilize Jordan to the point of civil anarchy.” The means used were to be:
A high influx of counterfeit currency, causing distrust in the market; arming religious fundamentalist elements similar to the Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood; and assassinating leading figures who are symbols of stability, causing riots in the universities and forcing the government to respond with harsh measures and lose popularity.

Actually, this tactic has also been used by the Mossad in dealing with non-Arab nations. For example, in the March 1982 edition of his newsletter, Middle East Perspective, Dr. Alfred Lilienthal, a pioneer American Jewish critic of Israeli excesses, reported that Italy’s then-top-ranking magistrate, Ferdinando Imposimato, had charged, in Imposimato’s words: At least until 1978, the Israeli secret service infiltrated Italian subversive organizations and on more than one occasion gave arms, money and information to the [terrorist] Red Brigades.

The Israeli plan was to reduce Italy to a country torn by civil war so that the United States would have to depend more on Israel for security in the Mediterranean. Lilienthal pointed out that Imposimato’s sources were two jailed Red Brigade leaders who reported that the Israelis had not only helped the Red Brigades enroll new recruits, but also track down traitors who fled abroad.
Even columnist Jack Anderson, a devoted news conduit for the Israeli lobby, has bragged of Israel’s skill: He wrote as long ago as September 17, 1972 that: The Israelis are also skillful at exploiting Arab rivalries and turning Arab against Arab. The Kurdish tribes, for example, inhabit the mountains of northern Iraq. Every month, a secret Israeli envoy slips into the mountains from the Iranian side to deliver $50,000 to Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa al Barzani. 

The subsidy insures Kurdish hostility against Iraq, whose government was militantly anti-Israel.
In an April 25, 1983 column Anderson pointed out that one secret State Department report speculated that if Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yassir Arafat were to be dislodged, “the Palestinian movement will probably disintegrate into radical splinter groups, which, in combination with other revolutionary forces in the region, would pose a grave threat to the moderate Arab governments.”

Then, according to Anderson’s account, the State Department reported that: Israel seems determined to vent this threat … and can be expected to greatly expand its covert cooperation with revolutionary movements.

Anderson added that “two well-placed intelligence sources” had explained that this meant that it was in Israel’s interests to “divide and conquer” by setting various Palestinian factions against one another. This would then help destabilize all of the Arab and Islamic regimes in the Middle East. Anderson then stated flat-out that the sources said that “Israel had secretly provided funds to Abu Nidal’s group.”

Anderson’s reports about Abu Nidal’s apparent ties to the Mossad were only the tip of the iceberg. British journalist Patrick Seale, an acknowledged authority on the Middle East, devoted an entire book, entitled Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire, outlining and documenting
his thesis that Nidal was largely a surrogate for the Mossad all along.

Nidal was replaced by Osama bin Laden in media headlines as “the world’s most wanted terrorist.” And, like Nidal’s efforts to divide the Arab world, particularly the Palestinian cause, bin Laden’s activities seemed to have a congruence of interests with those of Israel; although this is something that the major media has not been ready to acknowledge.

While Bin Laden himself (quite notably) never attacked an Israeli or Jewish target, even the Washington Post pointed out that bin Laden’s primary goal was bolstering “a destabilizing brand
of Islamic fundamentalism in a long list of existing Middle East and Central Asia regimes.
That same Post article revealed that—contrary to the general public view that somehow bin Laden was in league with favorite Israeli targets such as Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Muammor Qadaffi, a former bin Laden associate had testified that bin Laden was, in fact, quite hostile to both the Iraqi leader and the Libyan leader. This again is quite in line with Israel’s attitude toward the two Arab icons.

So considering bin Laden’s previous ties to the joint CIA Mossad operations in Afghanistan coupled with his unusual congruence of agenda with the Mossad, the question arises as to whether bin Laden was a successor to presumed Mossad surrogate Abu Nidal in more ways than one.

And in light of recent questions about the real nationalities and identities of the purported “Arab hijackers” who brought down the four planes that created havoc on American soil on September 11, Jack Anderson’s aforementioned September 17, 1972 column pointed out something that should be noted: Israeli agents—immigrants whose families had lived in Arab lands for generations—have a perfect knowledge of Arab dialects and customs. They have been able to infiltrate Arab governments with ease.

Even Israeli sources have provided further data showing the extent to which the Mossad and other elements of Israeli intelligence have gone “under cover” in the Arab world. On September
29, 1998, famed Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, writing in Israel’s newspaper, Ha’aretz, revealed that:

Shin Bet agents, who worked undercover in the Israeli-Arab sector in the 1950s, went as far as
to marry Muslim women and have children with them, in an attempt to continue their mission without
raising suspicion. When the unit was disbanded, some of the families were broken up, while in
others, the women converted to Judaism and stayed with their husbands.

In fact, there are some doubts as to whether those who have been identified as the hijackers on September 11 were indeed the hijackers. Writing in The New Yorker on Oct. 8, 2001, veteran
investigative journalist Seymour Hersh pointed out something that has otherwise gone unmentioned in the mainstream media:

Many of the investigators believe that some of the initial clues about the terrorists’ identities and
preparations, such as flight manuals, were meant to be found. A former high-level intelligence official told me, “Whatever trail was left was left deliberately—for the FBI to chase.”

Hersh has also raised questions about whether or not bin Laden’s network was capable of carrying out the terrorist attack alone. Hersh noted that a senior military officer had suggested to
him that, in Hersh’s words, “a major foreign intelligence service might also have been involved.”
Hersh did not point fingers anywhere, but a reader familiar with Hersh’s past history of pinpointing intrigue by Israel’s Mossad could perhaps read between the lines and guess at which foreign nation Hersh’s source might, however obliquely, be alluding.

In the end, the idea of the CIA and the Mossad financing Islamic terrorist groups is not extraordinary to former readers of the now-defunct Spotlight. As long ago as March 15, 1982, writing in The Spotlight, veteran correspondent Andrew St. George revealed that the big secret about the scandal involving former top CIA official Edwin Wilson’s international arms smuggling was Wilson’s partnership with the Mossad. While Wilson contended that these activities were done with the approval of the CIA—which denied it, of course—the major media kept Wilson’s Mossad link under wraps.

St. George reported that Wilson had teamed with two veteran Mossad agents, Hans Ziegler and David Langham, who set up a firm, Zimex, Ltd., based in Switzerland. The project was known by its CIA cryptonym, KLapex. This venture was a joint undercover CIA-Mossad operation to set up a chain of dummy business firms for the purpose of selling and chartering personal jet aircraft to Arab leaders. The planes, ranging from Gulfstream II corporate jets to giant 707s, came with flight and maintenance crews, each of which had Mossad operatives among its members. The primary mission of the Israeli spies was to operate and service the elaborate electronic eavesdropping systems concealed in the cabin of each plane to record the confidential conversations of Arab statesmen in mid-flight.

However, St. George revealed, the commercial network under KLapex was used for an even more sinister purpose: To provide covert aid to some nationalistic, pan-Arab and Islamic radical movements in Sudan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the other Persian Gulf states. In each case, when the Mossad extended such secret assistance—whether in cash or access to smuggled weapons, or in some other form—the purpose was to weaken or pressure some government thought hostile or dangerous to Israel at that particular moment.

What Israeli sponsorship, if any, can be found behind the current media-promoted Islamic bogeymen remains to be seen; but the evidence of past Israeli sponsorship and connections is
there for those who dare to look for it.

ISIS Part 2

Before watching the videos below, please see this post for how phony the war on terror truly is. Our major problem is a Zionist problem, and they are hiding it from you. They are also hiding the long-running little-known relationship between Muslim and Zionist extremists.

ISIS In Greater Israel's Scheme

Is ISIS Good For The Jews?

Mossad's Fingerprints On Paris Attacks

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How Phony is the War on Terror? You Couldn't Even Begin to Imagine...

People have no idea how psychopathic and insane some of the individuals in power are. As a start, please see here and here about smearing political dissidents. Next, look at this collection of posts.

Also, see here and here for more information about what the ADL is and how they are working with Law Enforcement and Intelligence.

Now, you won't believe what I am going to show you. Do you think it is just a coincidence that one of the "supposed" terrorists had a father on the board of the ADL?

Oh but it gets worse. What about ISIS? You ever wonder what it stands for or who is really behind it?  Watch the videos below. Once again, do you think this is just a coincidence? See here for what group of people are most likely to be terrorists. See here for their campaigns against global free speech. See here for the relationship with the United States that they don't want you to see.

The truth is... they are laughing in your face because they think you are stupid fools.

Now watch the videos below!

Here is a short video clip that should make you wonder about who I.S.I.S really is:

Now, here is the full video if you would like to watch it:

The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community:
Mossad, Aman, and Shin Bet (1990)

Israel’s Connections to ISIS:

Paris Attackers Fought In Syria, Trained In Israel: Report - http://www.activistpost.com/2015/11/p...

France laying the groundwork to recognize ‘Palestine’ - http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Con...

ISIS threatens Hamas – but move could bring Israel & Palestine closer to fight a common enemy - https://www.rt.com/news/270952-hamas-...

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack on Hezbollah Stronghold That Left 43 Dead in Beirut - http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-ne...

UN Report: Israel in Regular Contact with Syrian Rebels including ISIS - http://www.ibtimes.co.in/un-report-is...

Jewish owners recently sold Paris’s Bataclan theater, where ISIS killed dozens - http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-o...

Netanyahu warns of 'grave mistake' if France recognizes Palestine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150118040713/https://www.businessinsider.com/afp-netanyahu-warns-of-grave-mistake-if-france-recognises-palestine-2014-11

ISIS Declares War On Palestine, Kills Top Hamas Commander- https://web.archive.org/web/20170607071129/https://americans.org/2015/06/02/isis-declares-war-on-palestine-kills-top-hamas-commander

Massive evidence of Israel treating wounded ISIS fighters

 Commentary — A quick read of the following article would give one the impression that Israel is treating wounded fighters from the Syrian civil war because Israelis’ compassion for their fellow man is just so powerful that it overwhelms their instincts for self-preservation. Yeah, right! A more careful read provides ample evidence that they are in fact supporting radical jihadists in order to topple the government of President Assad, whom they see as an arch enemy.

The article points out that far from treating all in need without discrimination, the Israeli's admits that only 20% of those treated by their medics are civilian, and none of the fighters are from Shiite factions. In other words, they are backing ISIS and Al Qaeda against Assad and his Iranian and Hezbollah allies. Furthermore, this is not a new development, but has in fact been going on for years, confirming the wide-spread rumors.

Saving their sworn enemy: Heartstopping footage shows Israeli commandos rescuing wounded men from Syrian warzone – but WHY are they risking their lives for Islamic militants?

From the Daily Mail

• Elite Israeli troops rescue wounded Syrians from the world’s worst war almost every night
• They have saved more than 2,000 people since 2013, at a cost of 50 million shekels (£8.7million)
• Many are enemies of Israel and some may even be fighters for groups affiliated to Al Qaeda
• Mail Online embedded with Israeli commandos stationed on the border between Israel and Syria 
• Dramatic video filmed by Mail Online and the Israeli army shows these operations taking place
• Israel says that the operation is purely humanitarian but analysts believe Israel also has strategic reasons
• For more of the latest news updates on the Syrian war visit www.dailymail.co.uk/syria

By Jake Wallis Simons On The Israel-syria Border For Mail online

Published: 02:55 EST, 8 December 2015

Under cover of darkness, an Israeli armored car advances down the potholed road that leads to Syria. As it crests a small hill, the driver picks up the radio handset and tells his commanding officer that the border is in sight.

He kills the engine. Ten heavily-armed commandos jump out and take cover, watching for signs of ambush. Then five of them move up to the 12ft chainlink fence that marks the limit of Israeli-held territory.

On the other side, on the very edge of Syria, lies an unconscious man wrapped like a doll in a blood-drenched duvet. The commandos unlock the fence, open a section of it and drag him onto Israeli soil.

But this wounded man is not an Israeli soldier, or even an Israeli citizen. He is an Islamic militant. And his rescue forms part of an extraordinary humanitarian mission that is fraught with danger and has provoked deep controversy on all sides.

Mail Online has gained unprecedented access to this secretive and hazardous operation, embedding with the commandos to obtain exclusive footage, and interviewing the medics who are obliged to treat Syrian militants, some of whom openly admit that they intend to kill Israelis.

Cameraman: Shai Rosenzweig

Danger: Israeli commandos are carrying out similar rescues every night – but their government’s motive for authorizing the extraordinary missions is unclear

The casualty – who doesn’t look older than 20 – is losing blood fast. He has been shot in the intestines and the liver, and has a deep laceration in his left ankle.

After putting him on an emergency drip, the commandos stretcher him back to the armored car and head back to Israel.

Almost every night, Israeli troops run secret missions to save the lives of Syrian fighters, all of whom are sworn enemies of the Jewish state.

Israel insists that these treacherous nightly rescues are purely humanitarian, and that it can only hope to ‘win hearts and minds’ in Syria. But analysts suggest the Jewish state has in fact struck a deadly ‘deal with the devil’ – offering support to the Sunni militants who fight the Syrian ruler Assad in the hope of containing its arch enemies Hezbollah and Iran.

‘My dream is that one day, the Red Cross will say, thanks guys, we’ll take it from here, you go back to your unit and take care of injured Israelis,’ said Lieutenant Colonel Itzik Malka, commander of the medical branch of the Golan Brigade.

‘I am proud of what we are doing here, but it is a great burden. For every Syrian in hospital, there is one less bed for an Israeli. One day we will have to make a choice between an Israeli life and a Syrian one. When that happens it will be hard, but I have to say my first duty will be to Israelis.’

Cameraman: Shai Rosenzweig

Unconscious: A wounded Syrian Islamic militant receives urgent medical treatment from Israeli troops at the Syrian border. The commandos are seen administering ‘tracheal intubation’ by forcing a tube down the man’s throat to prevent asphyxiation

Emergency: The militant is very close to death and requires expert medical attention from the team, including a complex blood transfusion

Chaos: Alongside the border with Israel numerous groups battle in Syria, including Hezbollah, Government troops, rebels and ISIS

There is no doubt about the danger involved. Many of the casualties rescued by Israel belong to Salafist groups who harbour a deep-seated hatred of the Jewish State. It has also been reported that some may be members of Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syrian group affiliated to Al Qaeda that has kidnapped scores of UN peacekeeping troops in this area, and has massacred Christians deeper in Syria.

In giving medical support to these fighters, Israel has done a deal with the devil

Kamal Alam, research analyst, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

It is unclear how the two enemies arrange the rescue. All that has been disclosed is that word reaches Israeli forces that casualties have been dumped at the border, intelligence establishes that it is not a trap, and the commandos are sent in.

In the three years that Israel has been running these operations, it has saved the lives of more than 2,000 Syrians – at least 80 per cent of whom are male and of fighting age – at a cost of 50 million shekels (£8.7 million).

Almost nothing is known about the Syrian as he is wheeled into emergency surgery 40 minutes after the rescue. He may be a member of a relatively moderate Islamist group, or he may be a jihadi. For its part, Israel says it either does not gather, or does not disclose, this information.

Officially, Israel says that this operation is part of its program of humanitarianism, which has provided aid to a long list of countries from Haiti to Nepal. Palestinian civilians are also regular patients at Israeli hospitals such as the Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa.

A spokesman pointed out that about 20 per cent of the Syrians treated by Israel are civilians. Mail Online witnessed Israeli army medics treating a sick two-month-old baby and a middle-aged man who had suffered a heart attack, both of whom were evacuated across the Syrian border by the commandos. 

The rescue of the baby girl was particularly poignant. Her older brother had died of a rare bone disease, and her mother feared that she was showing symptoms of the same disorder. Distraught, the woman decided to brave the dangers of the border and appeal to the enemy for help.

One day we will have to make a choice between an Israeli life and a Syrian one. When that happens, my first duty will be to Israelis

Lieutenant Colonel Itzik Malka, commander of the medical branch of the Golan Brigade

The baby was treated under cover of darkness in the back of an armored car, by Israeli military medics with rifles slung over their shoulders. They were able to ascertain that she was suffering from a high fever and gave the mother some much-needed medication.

Then mother and infant were escorted by heavily-armed combat troops back to the Syrian warzone. Diagnosing the bone disorder would have to wait.

‘I wouldn’t say that Israel is doing this for nothing,’ said Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding. ‘If so, it wouldn’t be publicizing it.

‘There is an element of wanting to improve the country’s brand and image abroad, when all the opinion polls show that Israel doesn’t have the greatest reputation. £8.7million is a large price to pay for PR, but Israel’s powers-that-be have realized that it has to invest in its image.’

An Israeli Government spokesman rejected these claims as ‘absurd’.

‘Israel is a world leader in providing humanitarian assistance, both in the Middle East and around the world,’ he said. He also pointed out that this is not the first time the Jewish State has given medical care to those bent on its destruction and their families.

In October, a Tel Aviv hospital treated Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ brother-in-law, and last year it treated the daughter of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. But analysts maintain that in the ‘tough neighborhood’ of the Middle East, it is rare to give something for nothing.

Mail Online was given access to interview Syrian militants at the Ziv Medical Centre in Safed, northern Israel, one of a number of hospitals at which they are treated, on condition that their identities are not revealed. If other Syrians discovered they had received medical care in the hated Israel, they would be in danger of execution.

The casualties lavished praise on Israel. ‘I will not fight against Israel in the future. Israel looks after wounded people better than the Arabs. The Arabs are dogs,’ said a wiry rebel fighter who gave his name as Ahmed, 23, who was recovering from a gunshot wound to the groin.

‘Before I came here, I wouldn’t have said this. But there are many people who got injured and came to Israel for treatment, and they told me about it. I feel safe here in Israel. But when I am well again, I will go back and fight.’

Another rebel, 20-year-old Mohammed, whose leg had been all but destroyed by fire from a Russian-made ‘Dushka’ heavy machine gun, agreed. ‘Thanks to Israel for letting me in,’ he said, eyeing the surgical frame supporting his shattered leg.

‘The butcher Assad is my enemy. Israel is not my enemy. The one who treats you is not your enemy.’ As soon as he was well enough, he added, he too intended to go back to Syria to take up arms again.

The Israeli doctor in charge of their treatment, Russian-born Professor Alexander Lerner – a leading expert in treating war injuries – did not disguise his delight at these responses.

‘We are trying to build peace with our neighbors and win their hearts and minds,’ he said. ‘There are now 2,000 Syrians who have had their lives saved by Israel. We hope that this will change their life position. In the future, they will be more friendly to Israel and they won’t want to fight us.’

Other medical staff, however, believe that the militants were lying. Issa Peres, 36, a Christian Israeli Arab social worker, said that many hospital staff resented having to treat them.

I don’t trust any one of them. You can’t change their minds by taking care of them for two weeks

Issa Peres, social worker, Ziv Medical Centre

‘I work with the Syrians all the time, I see and hear bad things,’ he said. ‘Many of them said bad words to me, that they are going to kill me, they are going to fight with the Christian community, when they are safe they will fight against Israel.

‘They have destroyed churches and Christian communities in Syria. I have to care for them, it is my job. But if I’m sitting with myself, I say no, it is not right for Israel to treat them.’

Asked about the fighters’ promises not to fight against Israel in the future, he said: ‘I don’t trust any one of them. They grew up believing Israel is their enemy, Israel is the devil. You can’t change their minds by taking care of them for two weeks.’

Other Israelis are more bitter. In June, two wounded Syrian jihadis were attacked by a lynch-mob while they were being transported to hospital by ambulance. One was beaten to death, while the other suffered serious injuries.

Six weeks later, two members of the Israeli Druze community – an Arabic-speaking people found in Israel and across the Levant – were charged with murder. It emerged that the militants were suspected members of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda affiliate who had attacked Druze villages in Syria.

According to one senior Israeli army officer, Israel’s humanitarian mission may also be part of a security strategy, aiming to ‘keep the northern border quiet and our soldiers safe’ by using medical treatment as an ‘insurance policy’.

‘The Syrians will not strike us because they know we’d stop helping them,’ Lieutenant Colonel Malka told Mail Online.

‘They are desperate for our medical help. They have no doctors, not even a vet. Once we treated a man who had been stitched up by a friend with a needle and thread.

‘If they want our help to continue, they know they must stop anybody from attacking our soldiers and civilians.’

Some experts argue that the status quo makes sense for both sides. The militants are stretched almost to breaking-point in a bitter struggle against Assad, and Israel, which is coping with stabbings throughout the country and sporadic rocket fire from Gaza, wants to avoid a flare-up of terror in the north.

Others, however, believe that Israel is also pursuing more hard-headed geopolitical goals. ‘Above all, Israel wants to prevent Hezbollah from gaining control on the other side of the border,’ said Michael Stephens, Research Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

‘The Sunni militants are fighting Hezbollah, so for now they share the same objectives as Israel. That’s why we’re seeing this odd cooperation between people who would be enemies under any other circumstances.

‘It is also possible that Israel is looking at what capacity these Syrians can add to its intelligence gathering in Syria, which is already formidable.’

Analysts agree that the powerful Shia alliance of Iran, Hezbollah and Assad’s troops is an existential threat to Israel, far outweighing any danger from the Sunni Islamist rebels (who are backed by Saudi Arabia, understood to have a form of working relationship in some areas with Israel).

Significantly, an Israeli spokesman confirmed that no medical support has been provided to any militants from the Shia alliance.

‘From an Israeli viewpoint, it’s a case of my enemy’s enemy is my friend,’ said Kamal Alam, research analyst at RUSI and an expert in Syrian affairs.

‘There is no one they can trust in the Syrian quagmire, but if you get rid of Hezbollah, that’s the end of Iran in the region. Israel’s main aim has to be to eliminate Hezbollah – and whoever takes on Hezbollah is an uneasy but necessary ally.

‘In giving medical support to these fighters, Israel has done a deal with the devil.’

For Israel to actually arm and equip the Sunni militants, he pointed out, would be to risk a fierce backlash, both from the Arab world and in Israel. It would also run the risk that the weapons could one day be turned against the Jewish State.

Humanitarian medical assistance, on the other hand, which is also offered to civilians, raises fewer objections on both sides, while fulfilling mutual strategic objectives.

This is where the commandos come in. For these young soldiers, the night is yet young; taking Syrian casualties to hospital was just the first half of their duties. As the night wears on, an ambulance draws up carrying a patched-up militant ready to be taken back to war.

He has received treatment at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel’s leading medical facility for treating the most severely wounded patients. A civilian ambulance – with an armed guard – has taken him on the 90-minute journey to the border, to avoid attracting the attention of lynch-mobs along the way.

Mail Online is allowed to film on condition that the militant is not asked his allegiances. When he is wheeled out of the ambulance, it is clear that despite intensive medical treatment, he is still very unwell. One of his legs is in plaster and the other is scarred with shrapnel pockmarks, and his right eye is covered with a bandage. He looks disoriented and afraid as he is transferred into an armored vehicle and driven off into the darkness.

From Israel’s point of view, this is the conclusion of another successful humanitarian mission, which now take place nightly as the conflict in Syria burns on. At the same time, however, many believe that this man’s treatment – and the care given to thousands of Syrians like him – is an important, if unlikely, investment in Israel’s security.

WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA – AND WHERE DOES ISRAEL FIT IN?

For four bitter years, the Syrian civil war has been raging less than a mile from Israeli-held territory (Jake Wallis Simons writes). But aside from the occasional exchange of fire, the Jewish State has so far avoided being dragged into the conflict.

Nonetheless, Israel has significant interests at stake in the hostilities. Most obviously, it does not want to see Iranian influence creeping close to its borders, as this could have serious security repercussions. 

A senior intelligence officer told Mail Online that Israel also concerned about Hezbollah’s role in the Syrian conflict, as the Lebanese militia is gaining valuable combat experience that may strengthen its future operations against Israel.

Below is a summary of the main military actors in Syria, and what each one means for Israel.

Assad’s troops: The Syrian ruler’s forces are now only operational in his stronghold in western Syria, but they are now beginning to regain territory with the help of Russian air support. Israel has fought three bitter wars with Syria, and sees it as a longstanding enemy. 

Iran: Officially, the theocracy denies that it has combat personnel engaged in Syria. But analyses of military burials suggests that at least 100 members of the Revolutionary Guards and the elite Quds Force have been killed in action in the country since January 2013, and its financial and logistical support of Assad is significant. Iran is by far Israel’s most powerful foe, having repeatedly threatened to destroy the Jewish State. Given the large sums of money that will flow into Iran following the lifting of Western sanctions, its deep involvement in Syria is of grave concern to Israel.

Hezbollah: The Shia Lebanese guerrilla organization has formidable capabilities, and works hand-in-glove with Iran in Syria. It is one of Israel’s most deadly enemies, having kidnapped a number of Israeli soldiers and fought several debilitating conflicts with the Jewish State.

Russia: Officially on friendly terms with Israel, Vladimir Putin nonetheless threw his hat into the ring on the side of Assad in September. The US says Russia has been mostly targeting the ‘moderate’ opposition, but this may have changed since ISIS downed the Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt on 31 October, killing all 224 people on board. Nonetheless, Russia’s main priority is to prop up Assad.

ISIS: The brutal jihadi group, which has become the number one enemy of the West since it mounted attacks in Paris in November, controls areas of Iraq and Syria which is home to five million people and is thought to earn more than $2billion a year. In October, the group released a video in Hebrew in which it promised that ‘not one Jew will be left in Jerusalem’. But it currently does not occupy territory in immediate reach of the Israeli border.

Saudi Arabia: The Gulf monarchy is the principal financial backer of the Sunni militia who are fighting Assad , including the Army of Conquest, a group of Islamist rebels linked to Al Qaeda. It is engaged in a long-term struggle for supremacy with Iran, and is also fighting Iranian-backed Shia forces in Yemen. It is understood that Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states have a working relationship with Israel, which is hated on the Arab street. Israel has recently opened its first ever diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Shia militia: Iran has mobilized a multinational network of Shia militias in Syria, which analysts believe serves as Iran’s ‘Foreign Legion’, fighting the Sunni networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda. This includes Shia fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan. All of these militiamen are informed by Iran’s loathing of Israel, even if they do not necessarily share it to the same extent.

Al Qaeda: Various AQ affiliate groups are fighting Assad in Syria, including the feared al-Nusra Front, also known as the Syrian Al Qaeda. This group attacked Druze villages in southern Syria, angering Israeli Druze on the other side of the border. As a result, two alleged al-Nusra fighters who were being treated in Israel were lynched by Israeli Druze in June 2015.

The Kurds: This proud people has been fighting for an independent Kurdistan for decades, and is currently engaged in a bloody war with ISIS. Kurdish forces are comprised of a number of disparate militia such as the YPG (supported by Syrian Turkmen Brigades) and the PKK, which is locked in an armed struggle with Turkey. The Kurds have long been on friendly terms with Israel, which supports their desire for independence.

Turkey: The country is preoccupied with combating the Turkish Kurds in northern Syria, and has conducted airstrikes against them, as well as against ISIS. It has also provided arms and logistical support to the Free Syrian Army, and wishes to see Assad deposed. Relations between Turkey and Israel were derailed in 2010, when eight Turkish nationals and an American-Turkish activist were killed by Israeli commandos in international waters when they attempted to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The relationship has been repaired to a large extent since.

Moderate Syrian rebels: A range of militias opposed to Assad are referred to generally as the Free Syrian Army. David Cameron has placed their numbers at about 70,000, but doubts remain about how unified they are, given the fact that they do not share a central command structure and operate in different parts of the country. They have no immediate desire to fight Israel, but share the general hatred of the Jewish state that dominates in Syria.

United States: The Obama administration failed to attack Assad when he crossed the ‘red line’ of using chemical weapons in 2014. However, it has conducted significant air operations against ISIS, the al Nusra Front and other jihadi groups. The US is a staunch ally of Israel, though relations have been strained in recent years due to differences between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the settlement policy on the West Bank.

France: Following the Paris terror attacks, France has played a leading role in rallying support for Western strikes on ISIS, and has significantly stepped up its own air operations. Large numbers of French Jews have emigrated to Israel in the wake of terror attacks against Jewish targets in France. The French Government was one of the first to recognize the Jewish State in 1948, but also strongly supports the Palestinian right to self-determination.

United Kingdom: The RAF has been bombing ISIS in Iraq since September 2014. After Parliament rejected military strikes against Assad in 2013, British involvement in Syria was limited to logistical support. The vote to approve airstrikes in Syria in December changed that, and the UK is now carrying out fierce air assaults on ISIS in Syria as well as Iraq. Britain is a longstanding friend of Israel, though Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition, has a reputation for hostility towards the Jewish State.