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Why Israel Was Justified in Attacking Syria
February 5, 2013
By Joseph Klein
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The best thing that Israel has been hoping for a long time is that the West will take control of these weapons, said Tzahi HaNegbi, an MP from the ruling Israeli Likud party, who is close with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the world is not ready to take such a decision so Israel finds itself facing a dilemma which we alone can resolve.
Thus, last week, after informing the Obama administration of its plans, Israel Air Force jets were reported to have bombed a convoy near Syrias border with Lebanon, apparently targeting advanced Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles destined for Hezbollah. The trucks were evidently not carrying any chemical weapons. However, Israeli officials had warned previously that it would not tolerate the transfer of any game-changing weapons systems to Hezbollah that could give Hezbollah the means to neutralize Israels military edge in conducting air operations in the event of any future conflicts with the terrorist group.
This episode boils down to a warning by Israel to Syria and Hezbollah not to engage in the transfer of sensitive weapons, a regional security source said according to Reuters. Assad knows his survival depends on his military capabilities and he would not want those capabilities neutralized by Israel so the message is this kind of transfer is simply not worth it, neither for him nor Hezbollah.
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Why Israel Was Justified in Attacking Syria
February 5, 2013
By Joseph Klein
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The best thing that Israel has been hoping for a long time is that the West will take control of these weapons, said Tzahi HaNegbi, an MP from the ruling Israeli Likud party, who is close with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the world is not ready to take such a decision so Israel finds itself facing a dilemma which we alone can resolve.
Thus, last week, after informing the Obama administration of its plans, Israel Air Force jets were reported to have bombed a convoy near Syrias border with Lebanon, apparently targeting advanced Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles destined for Hezbollah. The trucks were evidently not carrying any chemical weapons. However, Israeli officials had warned previously that it would not tolerate the transfer of any game-changing weapons systems to Hezbollah that could give Hezbollah the means to neutralize Israels military edge in conducting air operations in the event of any future conflicts with the terrorist group.
This episode boils down to a warning by Israel to Syria and Hezbollah not to engage in the transfer of sensitive weapons, a regional security source said according to Reuters. Assad knows his survival depends on his military capabilities and he would not want those capabilities neutralized by Israel so the message is this kind of transfer is simply not worth it, neither for him nor Hezbollah.
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Why Israel Was Justified in Attacking Syria