Global Journal of Human Social Science, F: Political Science, Volume 22 Issue 5

© 2022. Yusri Hazran Khaizran. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Israel, the Syrian Crisis and the Unbreakable Lebanese Syndrome By Yusri Hazran Khaizran The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Abstract- This article addresses Israeli strategic attitude with respect to the Syrian crisis, linking the historical conceptualization of Syria and its role in the Arab-Israeli conflict with Israel’s current strategic considerations and the effect of the “Lebanese syndrome” upon Israel’s historical collective memory. Syria has always been regarded as Israel’s archenemy due to its organic ties with revolutionary pan- Arabism and support for the struggle against the Jewish State. While Israel thus hoped that the “Arab Spring” uprisings would overthrow the Ba’ath regime or weakening it to the point of collapse, it has refrained from any military intervention, first and foremost because of what may be called the “Lebanese syndrome”—namely, the fear of renewed entanglement and a repeat of its bitter experience in the First Lebanon War. GJHSS-F Classification: FOR Code: 160699 IsraeltheSyrianCrisisandtheUnbreakableLebaneseSyndrome Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: F Political Science Volume 22 Issue 5 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: