Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated threats to launch more attacks against Syria, saying Israel remains prepared to “take action” against Syria for the sake of Israeli security.
Netanyahu warned of the “leakage” of weapons from Syria into neighboring Lebanon as a primary reason for such moves, though officially the Israeli government hasn’t admitted its past attacks and has only vaguely referenced them.
Netanyahu also denied previous reports, attributed to Israeli intelligence agencies, saying his government preferred Syrian President Bashar Assad to the rebels. Netanyahu insisted it was “untrue” but didn’t say if he preferred one side or the other.
That’s unlikely to change, as both Syria’s government and rebels have tried to claim Israel was backing the other, in hopes of gaining popular support by being on the opposite side. The reality is that Israel’s attacks don’t seem to be aimed at anything in particular related to Syria’s civil war, and are simply attacks centered on Israel’s belief that there won’t be retaliation.
For the sake of Israel Security this man even will attack USA as they have done before.
NO MORE WARS! Israel is deep into illicit war against both Syria and Iran. American foreign policy must again serve American interests, not the Jewish state's paranoid pursuit of invulnerability, territorial conquest and racist empire in and beyond the Mideast. NO MORE WARS!
Israel is also up to its neck in the continued destabilization of Iraq via its partnership with the Kurds and the goal of formally splitting them (and all that oil) off from Iraq.
How things have changed here, ,just few months ago–talk like this–banned for ever.Eric must be on a long holiday
Nope. The moderator just missed the comment until you noted it. Thanks.
All of Israel's major attacks during and preceding this proxy war have targetted the Syrian government and military. Therefore, it would seem to my simple mind that Israel is taking the anti-Syrian side. The fact that Israel is stabbing Syria in the back at its most vulnerable moment, and therefore does not expect retaliation, in no way indicates that it is not taking sides .My simple mind could perhaps be convinced of Netanyahu's sincerity, or the writer's theory, if they would illustrate their points with cartoons of the sort that one might bring before the United Nations.
It will be a fine day when hell is unleashed upon the Israeli military, and illegal settler scum. What empathy the Zionists "think" they deserve will be non-existent. If Syria is hit again, it MUST bomb all illegal IDF installations in the Golan Heights. Teach these terrorists a brutal lesson…