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Syria Arming Hezbollah with Scuds?


C'mon Israel, just give them the Golan Heights. They won't do anything bad, honest.

Uh huh.

Here is a reality check for all those (aka the Left and foreign policy "realists" here, in Israel and in Europe) pushing for the Israelis to make massive concessions to Syria, in hopes of a achieving a "peace" that Damascus wants no part of.  From YNet:

American and Israeli elements believe that Syria has transferred long and medium range surface-to-surface Scud missiles to Hezbollah which could target most of Israel's territory, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported. This could explain recent tensions on the northern border. Ynet reported last month that IAF aircrafts flew over Lebanon.

According to the report, which is based on American sources in Washington, Israeli and Western intelligence services have discovered that the Syrian army has been training Hezbollah operatives on how to operate a line of missiles from Syria's weapons arsenal including anti-aircraft and medium-long range Scud missiles.

The US sources told the paper that Israel has warned Syria, via Turkey and Qatar, of its intention to bomb Lebanese and Syrian targets should the missiles cross the border and reach Hezbollah. The Syrian ambassador to Washington was summoned for a talk.

The al-Rai paper further reported that US Senator John Kerry met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, who denied the reports. However, Assad did not convince the Americans, who fear that the transfer of missiles would lead to a regional war, especially if Israel should decide to act on its threat.

Read it all. And while you're at it, read Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at Yad Vashem from Sunday. Powerful and uncompromising, This is not a man who will allow Iran to go nuclear on his watch. Period.

 

 

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