Claiming more stray artillery fire landing inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli officials are promising to “step up” their strikes against Syrian military targets in response, including attacks over the weekend in southern Syria.
Throughout the Syrian War, Israel has repeatedly attacked Syrian military targets. Syria has insisted that cross-border stray shells weren’t fired by them ion the first place, accusing Israel of “framing” them to justify the attacks.
Israel doesn’t appear to really deny that, saying they don’t bother to try to figure out who fired anything that crosses into their occupied territory, and that they consider the Syrian military responsible for everything. This works quite well, as Israeli politicians have been very public about preferring a rebel victory, even an ISIS victory, in Syria.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry has urged the UN to rebuke Israel over the attacks, saying they are violations of the UN Charter. They have further warned continued Israeli attacks would have “grave consequences.”
The cowardly actions of the non-semitic Polish-Lithuanian squatters in occupied Palestine may be annoying indeed but they wont change the course of this war against Syria, they themselves started.
By retaliating Zionazi missiles fired by “israeli” jets over LEBANON (no less) Syrian Air Defenses took it to a whole new level and “israel” sure got the message. That message is that “israeli” violations of Lebanese airspace will not go unpunished, that Lebanon, via Hezbollah, Iran and Syria are a united command and moreover that Iran (as well as Russia) is in Syria to stay.
“israel” will be back but this time they will launch their attacks from occupied Syrian Golan were all the above mentioned forces are now heavily entrenched. The next war “israel” starts will be fought within occupied Palestine and there is nothing they can do about it.
USraeli scheme to destabilize & dissect Middle East continues apace.
Lavrov questions US sincerity and motives, but it is far too late for the Russians not to mention the Syrians.
There’s not much Syria can do against Israel, and Israel knows it.
Israel just has to stay below the threshold where Russia has to act, while any Syrian action against Israel would always provoke the Americans.
Israel could drive through Syria to Iraq. The problem is, as it has been all along, at some point they’ll have to go back for they won’t be able to afford to stay there.
Not a chance. They couldn’t get 10k into Lebanon last time they went up against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Pot shots from beyond the range of Syrian anti-aircraft is about all they’re capable of… And Syrian anti-aircraft is improving.
Hezbollah turned south Lebanon’s hills into a deep Maginot Line and Israel’s air power was busy picking on civilian infrastructure, not covering armored advances.
There was no way Israeli ground forces could advance as the high command seemed to completely forget.the concept of combined arms and how to prioritize targets. Things might be different next time except Israel is as casualty shy as the U.S.. They need throwaway mercenaries like the U.S. and Saudi Arabia use.
There have been reports of Israeli jets shot down by Syria already; the lack of histrionics over lost pilots indicates Israel is playing with F-16 drones. They have a fair number of retired F-16 airframes too unsafe for live pilots that could be given new life as drones.
Its not clear that Syria benefits from shooting expensive missiles at Israel. Posturing in response to Israeli provocations seems to be the plan rather entering into the spending war Israel is transparently trying to start.
They need throwaway mercenaries like the U.S. and Saudi Arabia use. We are their throwaway mercenaries.
D’oh!
It’s the Israeli principle of aggressive inaction… if Palestinian police fail to utterly thwart extremist groups, attack the police, to “send a message that they have to do better.” It doesn’t matter that it makes no logical strategic sense. It serves the PR needs of making Israeli attacks seem justified, enabling broader violent intervention that the press are too distracted to talk about (providing air support to Sunni extremists like ISIS).
Israel could ‘take’ Syria. At least temporarily.
The IDF is adverse to taking casualties. When they tried to storm Gaza with ground troops they threw in the towel after losing 66 “soldiers”.
Not so tough when the opposition can shoot back.
The IDF is only accustomed to taking little girls bikes, and playing sniper with Palestinian kids on rooftops. Ever wonder why these cowards cant fight their own wars ?
Maybe Russia could use one of their 7000 nukes and solve everyone’s problems. Drop leaflets first, of course. they don’t want to be rude.
Israel is believed to have its own nuclear triad with up to 400 warheads. No-one is going to nuke them unless they nuke first.
The Wiki has an entry on the Samson Option, Israel’s poison pill nuke strategy includes destroying the world if they are destroyed. This is well beyond just punishing a single aggressor and forces the entire world to prevent a war with Israel however badly they may act.
I wasn’t being serious. I would never condone the use of nukes even on the little parasite.
Seemed a perfect time to put the Samson Option on the table, tho.
Israel seems quite serious about killing the planet over losing a war, and, it seems they’re asking for one with Syria which is backed by nuclear armed Russia.
and who writes Wiki entries ? Think about that one.
Lots of people write Wiki entries. I’ve written a few myself and edited others.
The Israelis are probably emboldened by Uncle Shmuel’s desire to confront the Iranians. Got any doubt Trump has green lighted these attacks? Kicking folks when they are down, the American and Israeli way.
Israel attacks Syria after claiming missiles strike…Syria.
I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning!!
And a short memo the US government; the American people have gotten sick and tired of US aid, both financial and military, “never being enough” for this wretchedly apartheid, self-declared theocracy with nuclear weapons which is what Israel has become in the 21st century.
As you are aware (or should be aware) all aid to Israel is completely illegal under the Symington Amendment, which prohibits any aid from going to a nuclear armed country which refuses to become signatory to the NNPT, and refuses to have its nuclear facilities inspected.
Israel comes in at a big fat zero-compliance on both issues, so what is the deal here, please?!?
The victim card has been played once too often by an Israeli government which spits in the face of US officials, and tells them it’s raining.
And did I mention serial genocide against the Palestinians, coupled with brisk annexations of property in the West Bank and East Jerusalem? The Israeli government will not listen to anything approaching a two state solution; it wants territory, and to get rid of as many Palestinians as it thinks it can, and by any means necessary.
It is high time for all US aid, both military and financial, to stop now, because this is the only language the Israeli government understands.
No more wars for the crap hole state of Israel. And, that is PRECISELY what this greasy neocon obsession to drag the US military into Syria is all about.
No more wars FOR ISRAEL. Instead, let’s wage war ON ISRAEL and wipe these evil snakes off the face of the planet.
You may love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. I hate the smell of spam in the afternoon.
It’s not against the rules to post war-mongering crap here. But if you keep posting the same comment over and over, you’re going to to away.
Why? Maybe repetitiveness is the only thing thats gonna get the American people off their fat asses and start doing something about it. If it were not true=spam . The fact that it is true kindly reconsider and just ignore him if you dont like him .
If/ the others had fake nukes too, this would stop.
It is predictable. There is no risk Iseael will not take. If it is wotld inferno, so be it.
But everyone has a weak spot, Especially a country that has lived by its own rules of self-centered arrogance, never kiind to anyone, cruel in its very being. Too much suffering in its name. Today we stopped believing in greater design, the one that makes mighty fall, and arrogant incapable to see the Nemesis their Hubris nurtured. If Israel cares for its future, and if snybody actually loves it — it should be caunceled against overreach. As it does not have too many well wishers around the globe.
Funny how Israel gets attacked by stray shells from Syria or bottle rockets from Gaza just before they launch an offensive. We know they are false flags and it’s our job to inform others. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/86678af01057c5f01b6ab1282ad4f40e3a4634d53db4285b28e96e359b47d35f.jpg
Clearly Syria would be within their right to defend any attacks by Israel and would go as far as to say exceed every intrusion into Syrian territory by a force tenfold.
soooo tired of israel,.. Israel is like a wife beater, always blaming their victim!