An Israeli soldier speaks on his mobile phone at a military outpost on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border on February 4, 2015.
Times Of Israel: Netanyahu ‘not sure’ how to intervene in Syria
Netanyahu turns to Syria, and reveals Israel’s uncertainties about intervention, reminiscent, perhaps, of US policy.
“I’m not sure how to intervene, but I’m sure of this: first, if Syria fires on us, we fire back. Second, if Hezbollah establishes position on Golan Heights, we’ll take action against that, as we have. Third, if Hezbollah wants to transfer weapons through Syria, we’ll take action, as we have. Fourth, if we don’t see it but it went through, we’ll take action on Syria on weapons that we do see to degrade weapons caches that could be transferred later.”
“As for Syria, I can’t tell you if you can put humpty-dumpty back together again. I doubt it. If there’s a solution out there that restores calm, we’re fine with it. But we want to make sure that our interests are part of it, that a future Syria, or Syrias, are not used to attack us.”
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WNU Editor: Israel's options are limited .... and even if they wanted to intervene in a big way .... the conflict is too big for them to have an impact. The Middle East is on fire, and all that Israel can now do is stand back and watch.
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