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WILL THE SITUATION ON THE GOLAN SUCK ISRAEL INTO THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR?
Jerusalem Post ^ | 26 June 2017 | Ben Lynfeld

Posted on 06/25/2017 6:56:10 PM PDT by BlackVeil

... "The [Golan] separation line was created in 1974 with Israeli and Syrian agreement and it was for many years the most quiet border Israel had. Now, if on the other side of the divide you don't have an entity that respects agreement on the separation line because its policy is to not agree with Israel on anything, that Israel doesn't exist, than this is something Israel need not and should not tolerate," Halevy stressed.

Israel signaled this in January 2015 when an airstrike against two cars on the Syrian side of the Golan killed six Hezbollah fighters and a general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Mohammed Ali Allahdadi.

To stop the regime from making gains in the Golan, Israel has for years supplied Syrian rebels near its border with food, fuel, medical supplies and cash, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: golan; israel; syria; syriawar
Worth reading the whole article, at the link. Netenyahu's Syria policy is headed toward conflict, if the Syrian govt takes on the rebel held area on Israel's border.
1 posted on 06/25/2017 6:56:10 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

No. Israel is not that stupid. Let the Arabs fight among themselves, they don’t need any help destroying themselves.


2 posted on 06/25/2017 7:07:28 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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To: Fungi

The USA, OTOH, on the other side of the world is sucked into the war next door to Israel.


3 posted on 06/25/2017 7:14:11 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: tumblindice

If Israel gets involved Russia better get the hell out.


4 posted on 06/25/2017 7:33:58 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: BlackVeil

Listen, Veil.
If anything tries to remove the Golan from Israeli control, they nees an ass whoopin.
Israel loses the Heights, the lose.


5 posted on 06/25/2017 7:43:51 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: Joe Boucher

Israel is dialed into everything that goes on 20 miles into the countries next door.


6 posted on 06/25/2017 8:16:41 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("“In America, we don’t worship government, we worship God.”" DJT)
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To: BlackVeil
There will be NO PEACE IN ISRAEL UNTIL JESUS RETURNS, PERIOD !

Remember radioactive contamination cleanup rules, and how long you wait before cleaning up the area.

Now read this:



7 posted on 06/25/2017 8:35:07 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Surprised Israel hasen’t nuked iran and tried to make it look like some craphole like Pakistan did it.


8 posted on 06/25/2017 9:00:07 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: tumblindice

What kind of circumstance could there ever be where the US is part of the “All countries” who come against Israel at end of days? I know it’s supposed to be Russia that gets hook in jaw to do this turnaround, there is some debate on that though.


9 posted on 06/25/2017 9:12:09 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: BlackVeil

I just read yesterday that Israel discovered enormous oil deposits on the Golan Heights. This may be a game changer


10 posted on 06/25/2017 9:40:34 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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11 posted on 06/26/2017 4:47:42 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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