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Analysis: The first direct confrontation between Israel and Iran
Arutz Sheva ^ | 2/11/18 | Yochanan Visser

Posted on 02/11/2018 4:21:20 PM PST by Lera

This is the beginning of something much bigger. It marks a turning point in the covert war Israel and Iran have been fighting for decades.

Much has already be written about what happened on Saturday when Israel came very close to all out war with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and Assad’s army in Syria.

To understand the seriousness of the situation, one has to look at the broader picture and take into account not only what occurred on Saturday but what happened on the Lebanese front over the past few weeks.

The incident on Saturday, when the IAF first downed an Iranian attack drone in the vicinity of the Israel town of Beit Shean and later attacked Iranian and Syrian targets deep in the war-torn country, showed the Israel security cabinet was right when it embarked on a new diplomatic offensive against Iran’s belligerent activities in Syria at the beginning of January.

At the time, the Israeli government announced that it had decided to make a “multi-faceted effort” to stop Iran’s drive to take-over the border area with Israel in Syria. The government held a series of “extremely significant discussions” on the increasing Iranian threat to Israel.

The actions of the Netanyahu government came after Iranian proxies in Syria began trying to set up camp in the demilitarized zone bordering on Mount Hermon on the Golan Heights, and after Hezbollah deployed troops on the southern Golan Heights during an offensive against the Khalid ibn al-Walid army, the local branch of ISIS.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
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[[This future conflict will almost certainly be a multi-front war in which thousands of missiles will be launched intending to bring Israel to its knees before Hezbollah and other Iranian backed-forces try to occupy parts of Israel, while mobilizing the Palestinian Arabs into launching a simultaneous uprising in Judea and Samaria.]]

When that happens it is a perfect time to clean house so they are not capable of doing it again. They can not be trusted to govern themselves .

1 posted on 02/11/2018 4:21:20 PM PST by Lera
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Pinging the End Times ping list

Analysis: The first direct confrontation between Israel and Iran


2 posted on 02/11/2018 4:22:16 PM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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Wait a minute. Israel attacks a sovereign nation over an unarmed drone ? There is something bad wrong with that. Let’s be sure we do not condone that.


3 posted on 02/11/2018 4:27:15 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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[ This is the beginning of something much bigger. It marks a turning point in the covert war Israel and Iran have been fighting for decades. ]

Time will tell. We all know what Iran will do when it finally achieves nuclear weapons (and the ability to launch effectively, that is)
4 posted on 02/11/2018 4:27:46 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Thanks Lera.
The incident on Saturday, when the IAF first downed an Iranian attack drone in the vicinity of the Israel town of Beit Shean and later attacked Iranian and Syrian targets deep in the war-torn country, showed the Israel security cabinet was right when it embarked on a new diplomatic offensive against Iran’s belligerent activities in Syria at the beginning of January... The actions of the Netanyahu government came after Iranian proxies in Syria began trying to set up camp in the demilitarized zone bordering on Mount Hermon on the Golan Heights, and after Hezbollah deployed troops on the southern Golan Heights during an offensive against the Khalid ibn al-Walid army, the local branch of ISIS.

5 posted on 02/11/2018 4:32:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Wait a minute. Israel attacks a sovereign nation over an unarmed drone ?

SO FAR, you are the only one who claims it was 'unarmed', and you have done it on multiple threads.

Did you NOT read the article ?

Here is the quote from the article.

"The incident on Saturday, when the IAF first downed an Iranian attack drone in the vicinity of the Israel town of Beit Shean and later attacked Iranian and Syrian targets deep in the war-torn country, "

6 posted on 02/11/2018 4:34:01 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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[[Wait a minute. Israel attacks a sovereign nation over an unarmed drone ? There is something bad wrong with that. Let’s be sure we do not condone that.]]

Who says it was unarmed ?
I suppose you wouldn’t the Iranians flying a drone over your house . Get real .


7 posted on 02/11/2018 4:36:31 PM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: raiderboy

I think they got upset when their jet was shot down.


8 posted on 02/11/2018 4:36:55 PM PST by Bogie
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Where is the proof? I have never heard of a single drone attacking Israel. NOT ONE! What a joke. There is no proof it was from Syria. This is a pretext for aggression but it will backfire badly!! We need to condemn this madness before Israel starts WWIII!!


9 posted on 02/11/2018 4:38:48 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: raiderboy

I condone that. And I condone Israel taking out anti-Israel propagandists who use social media too.


10 posted on 02/11/2018 4:42:39 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Cart before horse, my friend. After the kids drone was “shot down “ by a helicopter somewhere near Israel. Israel FOR UNKNOWN REASONS ATTACKED THE SOVEREIGN NATION ON SYRIA and their invitees. That is prohibited aggression under international law. In that illegal attack they lost an F`16 that you paid for!! Why did they attack Syria? a stupid drone? or was that a lie”?


11 posted on 02/11/2018 4:44:39 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: raiderboy

You forgot to put sarcasm at the end of your post. Go Israel ! I hope they light up Iran before their missiles are able to threaten us all.


12 posted on 02/11/2018 4:46:28 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: jjotto

Then YOU go— YOU SEND YOUR KIDS to die. I am out!!


13 posted on 02/11/2018 4:47:37 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: raiderboy

I would hope we would shoot down an Iranian drone flying over the states . They can be modified to do whatever you want. They could use it to bomb something, spy and pick out targets or just be belligerent.


14 posted on 02/11/2018 4:49:53 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: raiderboy

The sooner you are “out” the happier most here will be.


15 posted on 02/11/2018 4:53:25 PM PST by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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I feel the same way . The obama years must have been frightening for the people of Israel . Knowing obama was working to destabilize the Middle East and harm Israel as much as he could. They must be just as relieved as we are that we have a good man as President 🇺🇸
16 posted on 02/11/2018 4:53:48 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: Bogie

“I think they got upset when their jet was shot down.”

Probably. But the American taxpayers will just give them three more at least.


17 posted on 02/11/2018 4:55:14 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Ace McCain: The tumor is a rumor but the boot was a hoot.)
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To: BillyCuccio

But for God’s sakes . dont start WWIII over a fricking DRONE!!


18 posted on 02/11/2018 4:56:21 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: SaveFerris

Looking more and more like war every day.


19 posted on 02/11/2018 5:21:24 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: raiderboy

It may well be the start of Ezekiel 38 and I fully welcome that.


20 posted on 02/11/2018 5:34:20 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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