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Israel girds for Golan war with Iran, Hezbollah
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Opinion/2016/09/06/Israel-girds-for-Golan-war-with-Iran-Hezbollah/736147 ^ | Ed Blanch

Posted on 09/06/2016 10:32:16 AM PDT by Nachum

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Amid the carnage of Syria's civil war, well into its sixth year, Is­raeli military chiefs say that Iran and its prized proxy, Hezbollah, are surrepti­tiously seeking to establish a new front in an older conflict, the Iran-backed group's 30-year war against the Jewish state that until recently was waged almost exclusively from neighboring Lebanon.

The center of this strategy, which Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasral­lah, has frequently espoused in re ­cent months, is the Golan Heights, a 1,000-meter-high volcanic plateau that overlooks northern Israel. It has been a battleground since bibli­cal times.

Israel seized the western two-thirds of the heights in the 1967 Mid­dle East war and annexed it in 1981. It refuses to surrender this occupied enclave from where it has the Syrian capital, Damascus, within the range of its artillery.

The Golan has also acted as a buffer zone that protects Israel from any spillover from the war raging in Syria. However, if the Israelis are correct, that may be changing, with the Tehran regime, which with Rus­sia dominates Syrian military strat­egy, using Hezbollah to establish a new forward base against the Jew­ish state.

"Like other foreign and domes­tic actors, Hezbollah has seized on the Syrian civil war to improve its position in the country and the surrounding region," the U.S.-based global security consultancy Stratfor observed in an April 6 analysis.

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


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: golan; hezbollah; israel; syria
Obama's revenge.
1 posted on 09/06/2016 10:32:16 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Yet another Obama/Clinton/Kerry “achievement” for the cause of IslamoNazi expansion and his dream of an ultimate world-wide IslamoNazi Caliphate or empire


2 posted on 09/06/2016 10:36:08 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Exactly. We’ve gone from a Middle East that we dominated and where we were respected and feared 10 years ago, to one where war is on Israel’s doorstep, where Russia and Iran call the shots and we are a laughing stock today. All because of Barry’s “Smart” Diplomacy.


3 posted on 09/06/2016 10:39:56 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

it is exactly what he wanted to achieve, a much-weakened USA, and a much-strengthened and expanded scope of IslamONazism


4 posted on 09/06/2016 10:41:32 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Suggestion to Israel. The way to end this quickly is to, Kill Nasrallah and then MOAB the funeral.


5 posted on 09/06/2016 10:47:54 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

sounds like a great idea !


6 posted on 09/06/2016 10:56:20 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: Lera; SaveFerris

End Time Bible Prophecy ping


7 posted on 09/06/2016 10:59:24 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Could get interesting.


8 posted on 09/06/2016 11:00:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Nachum

I can’t share it on my Facebook page what gives?


9 posted on 09/06/2016 11:00:22 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: Nachum

I can’t share it on my Facebook page what gives?


10 posted on 09/06/2016 11:00:24 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

The article?


11 posted on 09/06/2016 11:05:05 AM PDT by Nachum (ISIS is alive... and Chris Stevens is dead)
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To: Nachum

Nevermind I was able to thanks for posting this


12 posted on 09/06/2016 11:16:54 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: SaveFerris

Especially if you Follow the Shepherds Prophecy the Burden of Damascus and the Magog Invasion.


13 posted on 09/06/2016 11:20:08 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

may as well hit mecca too just to stir the nest so they can be engaged by angels in the army of God, death to Islam


14 posted on 09/06/2016 12:05:40 PM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: aces

Obama included protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities in the deal.


15 posted on 09/06/2016 12:35:06 PM PDT by MGG
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To: Nachum

I wonder if Israel is preparing for an incursion into southern Syria, following on from Turkey moving in from the north.


16 posted on 09/06/2016 11:40:54 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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Iran putting it's windfall to good use.

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17 posted on 09/12/2016 4:40:14 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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