While reports to that effect have been around for months, over the weekend, Israeli Army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot finally confirmed that the Israeli military indeed provided weapons to Syrian rebels operating in Golan during the Syrian War.
This was the first official confirmation from the army chief, but back in September Israeli media were reporting that Israel has armed as many as 12 rebel factions. Those reports were quickly censored by the Israeli military, however.
The rebel factions have been confirming such support for awhile as well, saying they were given large amounts of money and aid as well. Syria confirmed capturing arms and munitions with Hebrew writing on them held by the rebels.
By late 2018, however, Syria was making major gains in this part of the country, ultimately forcing the Israeli-backed rebels to surrender, with some negotiating relocation to Idlib.
Eisenkot insisted the arms were provided to the rebellion purely for “self-defense.” This is likely an attempt to justify the legality of this intervention in the Syrian War, in which Israel has long claimed neutrality.
In reality, Israel’s claims of neutrality were always only superficial, with officials having repeatedly expressed a preference that ISIS or other Islamist rebel groups impose regime change rather than the Assad government surviving.
sweet! So our ally is supporting ISIS? Not that we aren’t. So it would seem to be Israel, Saudi and the USA vs Syria Russia Iran Turkey Iraq the Kurds and the USA. There is no way we can lose this one!
Israel created ISIS, with US help, John, and it was Israel that got us into Syria illegally, President Trump announced a full US troop pullout last month; yet, none have yet left. Face it, we’ve already lost .. we lost to the Syrian Gov’t, who didn’t want us on Syrian soil in the first place, The only entities they invited are Russia, Iran and Hezbollah .. nobody else. Gadi Eisenkot, Israel’s Chief of Staff, is a liar; he didn’t provide ISIS and other Jihadists for self-defense, he did it to destroy Syria, then attack Iran.
President Trump needs to change his foreign policy vis-a-vis the Zionist Entity. Neither Iran, China, nor Russia are our enemies, but Israel is – our mortal enemy. This has been proven more than once since it was established. At least Trump’s withdrawing all US troops from Syria, which Israeli PM Bibzy Nutty&Yahoo didn’t want him to do.
Cut ties(alliances)with everyone and we have no enemies, including Israel.
Eileen, You are very perceptive! Kudo’s to you. 🙂
Reminder all this went down with the approval of Obama and Hillary, they were shipping weapons from Libya to Syria.
Wow….. So tell me again about how wrong Iran is for being in Syria?
Was it Israeli made ordinance or U.S. supplied ordinance that were used in the slaughter of the sailors on the USS Liberty?? LBJ should know, as should others in his Administration…………I truly wonder….? Any of the military TALKING HEADS know,,,Mattis, Kelly, McCrystal, the Bed making Admiral…??
Actually, Jay, Israel used both its own ordinance and that supplied by the US that were used to slaughter 34 sailors and injure 171 more on the USS Liberty. I’m sure LBJ did know, and so did his administration. LBJ gave the Zionist Entity the green light for its IDF pilots to attack the Liberty and slaughter everyone on board.
Had his predecessor – JFK – been still alive, this atrocity would’ve never happened .. he would’ve allowed US pilots to attack and drive off the IDF pilots, and the Liberty’s crew would’ve been able to do their job without any further IDF interference.
Eileen, Thanks for the accurate input!
” with officials having repeatedly expressed a preference that ISIS or
other Islamist rebel groups impose regime change rather than the Assad
government surviving.”
Jason, can you reference this claim with external sources? I’ll take no reply as “no.”
John,
Aren’t you suspicious that ISIS, supposedly an anti-Zionist extremist organization, or its allies or duplicates or name changing replicas, NEVER attack Israel but attack the Assad government just like Israel does? And are you aware of reports that Israel provides medical treatment to the injured extremists fighting Assad?
This is not hard to see. Maybe you need new political spectacles.
You should take no reply as reflecting the likelihood that he doesn’t read comments.
“Eisenkot insisted the arms were provided to the rebellion purely for “self-defense.”
That’s like saying I’m going to break into my neighbors house so I can defend myself in case he resists…….
They are not rebels, or moderates….but Terrorists.
For the still confused;
The Yinon plan for Israel in the 80s called for the “fragmentation” of other middle eastern countries. The chaos is all about Israel. Israel is not an ally of “we the people” in the US. It is a creation of the Zionist inbred dynastic banker clans that have manipulated the US for a 100 years. Genie Oil and Gas, an Israeli company with a board made up of a who’s who of neocons like Dick Cheney wants permanent access to the Golan’s consideralble oil deposits. They want a Syrian ruler who would concede the Golan to Israel which has illegally occupied it for decades. Assad won’t do it, so “Assad must go”. The US military maybe refused another illegal war based on lies. A new branch of the US military was needed who were not so squeamish. Al-Qaeda was rebranded as ISIS and sent in with air cover disguised as attacks on terrorists. The war criminals Obama and Hillary, who apparently made millions selling stolen Libyan weapons, have the blood of half a million Syrians on their hands. The Syrian pillaging failed because of Russia and the myth of US invincibility failed with it.
“The Yinon plan for Israel”, youtube, “7 countries in 5 years”