John R. Houk
© June 21, 2018
Yesterday I receive an email from Ari Bussel sharing an Israel GPO News
Update about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a graduation ceremony
of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers.
PM
Netanyahu Addressing IDF Officer Graduation Photo by Kobi Gideon (GPO)
In that address Netanyahu talks about military/terrorist
threats from Hamas in Gaza to the south and Iran building threatening military
capabilities toward the north in Syria. Here is that relatively short news
release from the Israel GPO:
PM Netanyahu Addresses IDF
Officers' Course Graduation Ceremony
Communicated by the Prime
Minister's Media Adviser
20 June 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
today (Wednesday, 20 June 2018), at IDF Training Base #1, addressed an IDF
officers' course graduation ceremony. Following is an excerpt from his remarks:
"I do not intend to go into
detail about what we are planning vis-à-vis Gaza. The intensity will be stepped
up as necessary. We are prepared for any scenario and our enemies would do well
to understand this – now.
Regarding the Syrian front, we are
constantly working to prevent Iranian forces and their proxies from
establishing a military presence there. We will not allow those who call for
our destruction to turn Syria into a base for aggression against Israel.
The iron fist of the IDF is
powerfully striking whoever strives to attack us, and will continue to do
so."
In America you probably have no clue to what Prime Minister
Netanyahu was talking about thanks to the lack of reporting by the Mainstream
Media (MSM). OR if they do report, it is some disinformation blaming Israel for
violence on the Gaza-Israel border or perhaps an idiotic accusation that Israel
is attacking Iranian military assets in Syria especially near Syrian/Israeli
border. Even after continued Islamic terrorist attacks by Hamas and affiliates
against Israeli civilians originating from Gaza, the UN condemns Israel for
reprisals.
Here is an example of Hamas/Islamic Jihad/UN hypocrisy:
Hamas and Islamic Jihad: Israeli
Airstrikes Will Be Answered With Rocket Fire
North
of the Gaza Strip Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Abed Khatib/Flash90)
Terrorist factions in the Gaza
Strip, including Hamas and the Islamic Jihad warned Wednesday that Israeli
airstrikes on the Strip will be met with rocket fire from Gaza.
In a statement released to the
media, the factions took responsibility for the barrage of rockets fired at
Israel on Tuesday night, which they said was a “response to Israel’s continuous
aggression against Gaza,” adding that “the enemy’s leadership will bear
full responsibility for its aggression and will pay a price for its arrogance.”
Hamas’ Spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum
blamed Israel for the current escalation but also added that Hamas is not
interested in war.
“It (Hamas) will always be ready to
carry out its national duty of protecting the Palestinian people,” Barhoum
said.
Earlier Wednesday, the IAF struck
25 Hamas targets in the Strip in response to ongoing cross-border arson and
rocket attacks at civilian communities.
Five missiles hit towns around the
Gaza Belt district overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, with at least 13
rockets landing in the Eshkol Regional Council alone. No injuries were
reported, but, several buildings and cars were damaged in the attacks.
“In response to the rockets fired
throughout the night from the Gaza Strip at Israel, IAF fighter jets targeted
approximately 25 terror objectives in the Gaza Strip thus far,” the IDF
Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. “The Hamas terror organization
targeted Israeli civilians throughout the night with a severe rocket attack and
is dragging the Gaza Strip and its civilians down a deteriorating path. Hamas
is responsible for everything that transpires in the Gaza Strip and will bear
the consequences for deliberately targeting Israeli civilians.”
Pertaining Israel/Syria/Iran, here is an excerpt from Eurasia Review:
Accessing Israel-Iran Simmering
Rivalry In Syria – Analysis
June 15, 2018
…
On the other side of the conflict,
Iranians have begun to tamp up the rhetorical escalation that has the potential
to put these two countries on a path toward open confrontation. From Iranian
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to IRGC generals there have been
repetitive threat to wipe out ‘Zionists’ which has become a normal jargon in
public forums. Though the rhetoric broadened that they will pursue every move
with calculation and caution for two major factors.
…
This implacable aspiration to
wipe out Israel from the map discredits Rouhani government’s
claim to not pose any threat to the security and sovereignty of regional
countries. In fact, the rift between Rouhani and IRGC widened with the eruption
of a heated argument between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Military
Commander Mohammad Bagheri over the true intention behind launching retaliatory
missiles against Israel. In the argument, Rouhani tried to explain the
detrimental effect and international repercussions on the nuclear deal.
As the mutual hostility between
Israel-Iran has deepened in Syria, Israel stated that their defence forces were
on high-alert due to irregular Iranian activities in Syria and have ordered
bomb shelters to be equipped in Golan Heights. Shortly, the Syrian state media
reported that the government has downed two Israeli missiles near a military
base of the capital. Subsequently, another report of Israel attacking targets
of the Syrian military on the outskirts of Quneitra in the Golan Heights
reverberated across the region. Prior to a week of frequent Israeli strikes,
three unnamed US officials stated that Israel is preparing for military
action against Iran in Syria, and is seeking US support. In
addition, the officials also blamed Israel for the airstrike on a military base
in Hamas and Aleppo that killed over 20 military personnel, including Iranians.
It seems that Israel has been motivated
by the desire to fight sooner rather than later. Israel considers that an
attack by Iran, while not imminent, is inevitable, and that delay in attacking
would involve greater risk. Usually, this happens, when the balance
of military capability is expected to shift in the enemy’s
favour, due to the prospects that the opponent will acquire or develop a
powerful new offensive or defensive capability. …
Israelis firmly believe that Iran
as a nuclear emergence state will bring their world to the threshold of the
abyss. Probably, this would be the factor for Netanyahu to urge Trump refer
to the documents provided by them on the development of
Iranian nuclear deal, rather than relying on the reports provided by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). …
This led Putin to send Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on an errand to Tehran where
he warned Rouhani about the far-reaching consequences of Iranian retribution to
an Israeli strike, not least for Russia and Syria. However, before Rouhani
could curb IRGC’s manoeuvrability in Syria, IRGC appears to have fallen for
Israeli bait and have
launched some 20 rockets at their positions in the Golan
Heights. This gave Israel a solid ground to retaliate with the largest strike
they have carried out in Syria since 1970 while substantiating it as an act of
self-defence which is legitimate under international law. The Israeli
said, its
targets included weapon storage, logistic sites and
intelligence centres used by elite Iranian forces in Syria. Additionally, they
have also destroyed
five Syrian air-defence batteries after coming under heavy
fire.
I believe you can see Prime Minister Netanyahu’s remarks to
the IDF officers graduating class had to do with Israel’s self-preservation.
JRH 6/21/18
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