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Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel, Israel Radio said Wednesday, quoting a high-level Palestinian Authority intelligence dispatch, which was reportedly passed on to Egypt and Israel.
Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said Wednesday that Israel was acquainted with the dispatch.
Boim, referring to U.S. and international pressure on Syria over events in Iraq and the alleged involvement of Damascus in the assassination of investigation of alleged Syrian involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri, told the radio: "Assad in Damascus is very pressured, in a state of distress, and as a result, he is trying apparently to step up his support [of Hamas and Jihad attacks] in order to lift pressure from other fronts," Boim said.
The meeting took place on September 10, the radio said, quoting Assad as telling the unnamed Hamas and Jihad officials that they had "full freedom of movement to do as they chose in the Palestinian arena."
Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this month gave Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives in Damascus a green light to carry out terror attacks and escalate fighting against Israel,.
Boim, asked if Israel would seek U.S. pressure on Syria over the meeting,.
Why does Israel need us to do anything?
I say stand up for yourself, you are your own country, right?
Originally posted by snafu7700
Why does Israel need us to do anything?
I say stand up for yourself, you are your own country, right?
Because we are effectively holding their reins, with arms/financial support, and are actively working to keep them out of the fightWhat fight? Are we not in their fight and this could be the reason terrorism as we know it started?
if Israel attacks Syria (or any other Muslim nation for that matter)
our bad situation in Iraq becomes our unmanageable situation in the entire middle eastern battlefield.
Good maybe some of our troops can be spared, and our bad situation can be shared, with friends of-course. I don't know, how many troops are in Iraq from Israel?
What fight? Are we not in their fight and this could be the reason terrorism as we know it started?
Good maybe some of our troops can be spared, and our bad situation can be shared, with friends of-course.
Originally posted by SpittinCobra
Why does Israel need us to do anything?