Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon has downplayed the recent hysteria over Syria’s chemical weapons, insisting Israel does not believe it is at threat from the Assad government’s arsenal and that there has been no indication of their imminent use.
“Syria has been armed for the last decades with chemical missiles and weapons, but our deterrent factor is stable and the proof is that they haven’t used it against us yet,” noted Ya’alon, a former military chief of staff and a likely candidate to replace Ehud Barak as Defense Minister.
US officials have been the ones fueling reports of a possible use of the chemical weapons, and are likewise leading the call to threaten war against Syria if they are used. So far, however, no evidence has been presented to that effect.
The lack of concern from Israel is telling about the seriousness of the putative “threat,” however, particularly given this Israeli government’s tendency to see existential threats in almost anything.
syria's chemical weapons are not tactical weapons they have no use in any battle of any imaginalbe form.
their sole and explicit purpose is counter-deterrence against israel's nuclear weapons.
it is simply mad writ small. but as always in the middle east one side of the equation is a terrible affront to humanity, while the opposite half is unmentionable.
Israel not concerned…, off course not, they are the one informing the western biased media about Assad going to use chemical weapons…, there is no source of citable or a credited news angency saying that this is a true story, BBC is the latest one and their source of info…, Israel. Come on you guided miss represented news agencies get real, do your job as a human being, for your false informations put on the market people are dying.., you idiots biased sold souls journalists.