The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday responding to recent Israeli attacks in Syria, dismissing the narrative that Israel is attacking Iranian targets there.
Iran said it was “absurd” to claim they were the target when they only had a very small “advisory” mission in Syria. Israel rarely comments on the attacks, but when they do it’s always to drag Iran into the story.
The credibility of this has always been in doubt, not just because Iran has limited troops in Syria, but because those times when the targets are identified, they are Iraqis, Pakistanis, Lebanese, or general Shi’ite militias which are falsely identified as “Iranian” by Israel and the Israeli press.
This conflation of Iranian and Shi’ite has become so common that few media outlets even acknowledge the difference anymore. Israel’s far-right has a narrative where they are fighting the Shi’ites as a whole ideologically, so for them, Iranian is a convenient shorthand, and international hostility toward Iran makes the narrative work on the global stage.
What Israel thinks they have to gain by blowing up a few irregular militias in Syria is another pertinent question
your answer:
That’s a mechanism to make it work, that’s not a gain
The gain is their continuous hostility with impunity… That’s all…!
This claim is total BS. Iran has been using Syria to transfer advanced missiles and technology to Hezbollah with the sole purpose of targeting Israel in some future conflict. In a recent attack, over a thousand precision guided
missiles were destroyed. This is a perfectly legitimate DEFENSIVE operation that will save Israeli lives
Hi Odele:
Interesting to note that Iran’s behavior is very reminiscent of Israel’s own behavior…
I don’t think so Donna. In between wars, Israel was not attacking Syria. The Iranians have essentially taken over Lebanon (via Hezbollah) in order to have a route to the Mediterranean. They are arming militias on Israel’s northern and western border (Gaza). You can understand how this is perceived as threatening by the Israelis.
You struck out again, Odele. Time to bench ya.
According to international law, the Occupied are allowed to strike back against the Occupiers.
No comment
Of course not. What’s to deny?
Er…Donna…I don’t see Iran’s behavior as remotely similar to Israel’s.
What “targets” has Iran bombed as of late? (Let’s include Palestinian children in that equation. Read Mondoweiss to hear the stories of the Gazan children unable to return to school this year because they can no longer walk due to the injuries they suffered.)
And Iran is pushing for JCPOA, which would allow nuclear inspectors in their nation. To think that Israhell would ever, ever do such is laughable.
Israel is a terrorist state who has only the respect of propagandized dupes and DC politician who are worthless fiends. It is time that Russia begins shooting terrorist IDF aircraft out of the sky and soon. Iran by the way is a far more civil, and respected country than Israel.