Israeli premier Naftali Bennett has been telling parliament about the Israeli military preparing to attack Iran. Tuesday, he told parliament that they’re also preparing for smaller wars.
Bennett says he expects an escalation soon with either Lebanon or the Gaza Strip, and that the military is preparing for either. These are small neighbors that Israel remains hostile toward, and goes to war with intermittently.
It’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility there might be a conflict there, but it’s not clear why either case would escalate at any given time. These wars tend to be popular in Israel for the ruling party though, so they may be wishful thinking.
Israel has brief skirmishes with Hamas in Gaza almost every year. Lebanon is less common, with the last war in 2006. In recent years Israeli incursions into Lebanese airspace are almost all for attacking Syria.
Israel is jonesing to kill. They’ve gone too long, the “grass” calls them to “cut it.”
Monsters.
Israel is always plotting wars.
We cannot afford to keep them as “friends”….
Self-fulfilling prophecy.
We are dealing with Israel’s ‘mind-set’… They seem to be inviting conflict. They thrive on it. They like to be the center of attention. If things get too quiet, Israel stirs the pot and the pot seems to be getting stirred…
Though, I feel I should add, the US will inevitably be drawn in, especially if Israel’s “incursions” escalate…
I have a very strong inclination about Iran being targeted and that is very unsettling… As we are talking about countries with nukes…
“the US will inevitably be drawn in, especially if Israel’s “incursions” escalate..”
That is how it would have to go. Israel can’t dislodge Hezbollah by itself. It failed in 2006 and Hezbollah is much stronger now than it was then. So Israel needs the US to help it. So escalating a conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon might well bring the US in – and that is a prerequisite for a US/Israel war with Iran. The problem is how Israel can start a war with Hezbollah and be sure the US would join in. The US has had bad experiences in Lebanon before (the Marine barracks bombing, for example.) It’s not clear how much stomach the US military has for getting involved there.
IMO
There’s a much larger conflict brewing, where US will be needed to push against Russia and China, while Israel does a mad dash hit on Iran whilst gobbling up Syrian territory, all in the name of “Greater Israel”.
It seems very convoluted, and I have no desire to see anything escalate… I guess we will see what we see, when we see it… Israel is a loose cannon though and I can see a couple of possible scenarios that could draw the US in and then all hell could break loose… To me it seems like war is waiting to happen…
Paper Tigering on Three War Fronts…! The internal turmoil from their ultra orthodox jews would be inevitable…!
So, war with smaller rivals and not Iran? Interesting.