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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed on Sunday that since Iran is supplying advanced weapons to Syria, posing a direct threat to Israel, it would be better to confront Tehran sooner rather than later.
Speaking at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu declared that “we are determined to block Iran’s aggression against us, even if this means a struggle. Better now than later.”
“We do not want escalation, but we are ready for any scenario,” he added.
Netanyahu: ‘Better Now Than Later’ to Confront Iranian Threat
Israel has repeatedly warned that it will not tolerate a permanent Iranian military presence in neighboring Syria. Iran is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad and has provided crucial military aid to his forces.
“In recent months, the [Iranian] Revolutionary Guard [Corps] have been moving advanced weaponry to Syria to strike us, both the war front and the homefront. This includes attack drones, surface-to-surface missiles and anti-aircraft systems that pose a threat to Israeli aircraft,” said Netanyahu.
Minister Yuval Steinitz, who is a member of Israel’s Security Cabinet made it very clear that Israel intends to assassinate Syrian president Bashar Assad, if Assad continues to allow Iran to operate in Syrian territory, Steinitz said in an interview with YNet on Monday.
“If Syrian President Bashar Assad continues to allow the Iranians to operate from Syrian territory, Israel will eliminate him and collapse his regime,” Steinitz said.
Yesterday reports emerged in the Israeli media that Iran was planning a missile strike on Israel, probably using its proxies in Syria, including Hezbollah.
Steinitz said, “Until now, Israel has not intervened in the Syria civil war. If Assad allows Iran to transform Syria into a military base against us, to attack us from Syrian territory, he needs to know that that is his end.”
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A Minute To Midnite Show HostNETANYAHU PUTS ISRAEL’S ENEMIES ON NOTICE AHEAD OF TRUMP ANNOUNCEMENT
Israel’s enemies threatening it with destruction should know that they cannot destroy the country and are instead placing themselves in great danger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
Netanyahu’s comments, made during a ceremony at Latrun marking 70 years of the establishment of the IDF, come amid rising tensions with Iran and intelligence reports that Tehran is planning a missile strike against an Israeli military installation.
Though the premier did not directly mention Iran, he said that anyone who strikes Israel should know that Israel will strike them back. He said those threatening to destroy Israel will encounter an “iron wall” which they will not be able to penetrate.
And, he added, “our struggle is waged while maintaining a purity of arms, and in a continuous attempt to prevent, as much as possible, harming innocent civilians. There is no more ethical army than the IDF.”
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that he plans to reveal his decision whether to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement on Tuesday, scheduled for 2 p.m. local time. The president had given European powers until May 12 to come up with “fixes” to the deal’s most controversial provisions. That’s the date by which he is required to inform Congress whether he will waive nuclear sanctions on Iran lifted by the landmark accord.
In a related development, Netanyahu’s former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror said that Jerusalem’s revelation a day earlier of Iranian plans to fire missiles at Israel from Syria was a signal to Tehran that Israel knows of these plans and will hold it responsible for its actions.
Amidror, speaking on a conference call sponsored by The Israel Project, said that it was important to reveal Iran’s intentions beforehand, in order to rob the Iranians of deniability.
He added that Iran is trying to create a “war machine,” in Syria, and is also employing the “Yemenite model in which they launch the rockets and missiles and stay behind others’ names.”
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A Minute To Midnite Show HostIsrael Launches Most Extensive Strike in Syria in Decades After Iranian Rocket Barrage
Israel attacked dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in what the military said was the most extensive strike in the neighboring country in decades. The strike was carried out in response to a barrage of 20 rockets that was fired from Syria at Israeli military outposts.
The Israeli military accused the Revolutionary Guards’ Al Quds force and its commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, of launching the attack at the Israeli Golan Heights. This is the first time Israel has directly accused Iran of firing toward Israeli territory.
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