Israel’s policy to generally not discuss its airstrikes in Syria and elsewhere isn’t meant to imply shame. On Friday, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, discussed and praised the policy, claiming that they had been reducing Iran’s activities with all the attacks.
This is the narrative that underpins the whole Israeli operation, that they are attacking Syria specifically to target Iran. With Kochavi crediting Israel for over 500 strikes this year, it would be difficult for him to maintain that story and not claim to have accomplished something.
Yet proof of the assertion that Iran’s activities are reduced is hard to come by. This is particularly true because Iran didn’t seem to be doing much in the first place in Syria, and most of Israel’s attacks on “Iran” don’t actually hit Iranians, but rather just Shi’ites from some other country.
Kochavi says the policy has not reached its goals, though what those goals ever were has always been unclear, with Israel seemingly wanting Iran out of Syria, but broadening their definition of Iran to the point that’ll never be achievable.
“Israel’s policy to generally not discuss its airstrikes in Syria and elsewhere isn’t meant to imply shame”- Jason Ditz.
Good one. Not many sovereign countries get to freely use another as a test and training range.
They aren’t flying against Iran, though. They’re likely scoping out Russia’s Access-to, Area Denial (A2AD) zone for NATO.
Only Israel has that kind of license, really.
NO nation should be above international laws.
That’s the ideal, yes.
Making egalitarian ideals reality is difficult when some don’t respect egalitarian space, the public space.
The Israel lobby in the U.S. and Europe have always approached reciprocity from the self-entitled base perspective of being eternally first among equals #Because God.
The Third Commandment just disappears.
And those are the doves…
What about the assertion that the actions are aimed against Iranian activities? Do we have proof about that? What percentage is directly against Iranian activity, what percentage is indirect(a funny category. eg air defenses may protect Iranian activity so are fair game :), and what percentage is whatever else they came up with?
Israel has no one to thank but itself for Iranian presence in Syria. Generally and as far as a common man like me knows, when you attack a nation and fund and train “terrorists” to attack that nation, the attacked nation, if it cannot defend itself, will ask for help from other nations. What is wrong with that? Also, when an aggressor nation has the backing of another aggressor nation(USA) these attacks draw nothing more than a yawn from the sold-out “leaders” around the world compromised by the Zionist state! To protect Israelis and ALL Middle Easterners these aggressions must end, the sooner the better!
By way of deception.
“It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region” — Grand Ayatola Khamenei, Jan 2001. Thousands of Iranian chant “Death to Israel!” “Death to Israel!” is printed on Iranian missiles. Soleimani boasted of helping Hezbollah in the 2006 war against Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered to help anyone willing to attack Israel. That’s war mongering!
Israel wants good relations with Iran. Israel wants to buy Iranian oil & Israel wants to sell Israeli goods to Iran.
“Israel wants good relations with Iran. Israel wants to buy Iranian oil & Israel wants to sell Israeli goods to Iran.”
Then maybe Israel should stop murdering Iranian scientists, etc.
It’s all about Greater Israel. They want to “reclaim” most of Syria aka “the promised land”.