Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday urged representatives of UN Security Council members that the international community should take military action against Iran over last week’s drone attack on an Israeli-linked ship.
“Now is the time for deeds — words are not enough. It is time for diplomatic, economic, and even military deeds — otherwise the attacks will continue,” Gantz said during the meeting, which was held in Jerusalem.
Israeli officials have been threatening Iran all week over the deadly drone attack on the Japanese-owned tanker Mercer Street, which is operated by a company owned by an Israeli billionaire. Iran has dismissed the allegations that it was responsible as “baseless,” but the US has accepted the Israeli narrative and is also threatening action against the Islamic Republic.
The attack killed a British security guard on the vessel and a Romanian crew member, and the UK has also blamed Iran for the incident. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Wednesday that the UK had written a letter to the UN Security Council calling for the body to take action against Iran.
During the meeting in Jerusalem, Gantz and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid named Iranian commanders they claim were behind the drone attack. Lapid also called for collective action against Iran. “The world should act now,” he said.
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel was working to “enlist the whole world” against Iran but warned Israel was also ready to “act alone.” Israel has a long history of attacking Iran, but it is usually done covertly, and Israeli officials rarely publicly acknowledge such attacks.
Not a peep in corporate media about this war mongering. The COVID-19 narrative is dominating. That means nothing major will happen soon?
Nothing major will happen at all. Midterms are next year. Gotta get the support of AIPAC.
What about the United Nations Security Council and the International community taking action against Israel’s war crimes and “crimes against humanity” against the Palestinian people that have been going on for decades?
Time to dismiss the utterly mendacious Israeli denials and double standards.
We should no longer protect their criminal behavior in the international courts.
When did the UN take action against Palestinian murder of Israeli civilians?
The last time around, 12 Israeli citizens died, including one child.
Palestinian deaths: 212, including 61 children. Many more maimed.
What started it? IDF attack on a mosque during prayers, and settlers encroaching on Palestinian properties.
Jake, I know you are one of the thousands of Israeli students hammering away at your keyboards for money for university studies, but can you take a break and use your brain and not take orders???
You can’t take action against ANYTHING because the USA has a veto power on everything that Israel wants vetoed!
Reading his comment I took his “what about” to mean “why haven’t they”. And the answer was given. The auto veto by the US.
Take a big step back their buddy. If you count how many Palestinian civilians Israel has killed since 1948, 1988 or whenever, Israel has killed anywhere from 20-100 times more people. Israel is also the aggressor, being the occupying power, so Palestine also is the less guilty party in that it is striking back in self-defence. Your apartheid state is a nuclear weapons pariah, it is Israel, not Iran, that should be under sanctions for illegal nukes. Your country of child-killing cowards is a disgrace.
The way to deal with neo-Nazi Israel and the BDS is to treat Israel with disdain and shun all those that support its crimes. Eventually this will force Israel to start obeying the law and return to its legally defined 1948 borders and stop killing Palestinians men women and children and thereby start acting less like a rogue criminal terrorist state that routinely commits war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and Apartheid in order to steal land and resources belonging to other countries.
Falseflag operation?
“Israel has a long history of attacking Iran covertly, including attacks on Iranian ships, sabotaging Iranian nuclear facilities, or carrying out brazen assassinations inside the Islamic Republic.”
And they never deny it. So bombs away on the real criminal? Maybe get a coalition of the willing? Probably wouldn’t even need bribes or threats.
Let’s see, Israel kills Iranian scientists, bombs facilities………..need I go on?
Go for it alone, Israel, if you’ve got the nerve.
This reeks of black flag. There’s absolutely no strategic value in a random attack on a cargo vessel for Iran. What’s the motive? Doesn’t make any sense. Seems to fit the Western playbook of fake WMD’s, fake chemical weapons attacks, and fake “rebels” who are actually ISIS and Al Queda terrorists.
Top US General Says American Troops Should Be Ready To Die For Israel
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-19/top-us-general-says-american-troops-should-be-ready-die-israel
here it goes the call to you guys go fight cause we say so.