How do we properly interpret the policies of Israel?
I will not hide the fact that I devoted a lot of my time to trying to understand the true essence of the actions of the Israelis. Naturally, from the words (communicating in "Skype") or letters (by correspondence) living in this state.
I'll save the conclusions for the ending of the material, but for now I'll start with the well-known historical moments.
The history of the formation of the state of Israel is well known, so I will not pour water here. The fact that there is no country in the region that would not fight with Israel is also not a secret. Like the fact that in none of the conflicts of the 20 century, Israel was an initiator. In fact, all the wars of that time began with the creation of a coalition under the motto "Let's go and hang Jews."
To go - they used to tell, about really hanging - somehow not very much. It turned out that the Jews are able to fight, and if they wish, they can quite well wring out the territories for their use. Plus, the good old Camp David Treaty, under which the United States still provides military assistance to Israel for 5 billions of dollars a year. From 1977 year. And plus another contract from 2016, the 48 billion dollars. And then in Israel, the prime minister is criticized: they say, made a bad bargain ...
Here, by the way, it is worth mentioning Egypt, which is a party to the treaty, and enjoys all the same preferences as Israel. The Arabs of the region clearly demonstrated the principle of “let's not forget, we will not forgive” in terms of agreements with Israel, arranging a relative boycott of former comrades in arms, and now Israel has more or less good relations with Egypt, like the “victims” as a result of the Camp David Accords.
However, the road along which they continue to move in Israel today is somewhat puzzling. I am about constant shelling. Yes, they have been talked about, talked and will talk about, because Israel will not refuse from this practice. But there is only one nuance.
We are accustomed to the fact that our Israeli readers proudly stated in the comments that "we have such a policy." To kick back answer.
Well, here I agree. The practice is probably not bad, but why does it not bear fruit? But on the contrary, are cases becoming more and more frequent? Strangely, it seems that if someone who wants to harm Israel performs actions in the direction of this state, then, having received an "otvetku", this attacker must either be destroyed or not be willing to repeat it soon. After all, as we are assured by the Israelis, their army is the most rascal in the region and so on.
As I (and with me, perhaps, someone agrees) I understand, they do not beat for that. But let's go over the reports.
2015 year.
28 January. The Israeli Air Force attacked the artillery positions of the Syrian government army in response to a recent rocket attack on Israeli territory (Vesti, Israeli newspaper).
2 April. The Israeli Air Force attacked the positions of the Syrian army near Homs (DPA).
25 April. Israeli planes bombed warehouses with missiles of the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Reported the death of one person (portal IsraInfo).
Here a question begs the question: how to see such a joint warehouse of Hezbollah and the armed forces of the SAR. Even, sorry, does not fit in my head.
26 April. In Syrian territory near the Israeli border a group of terrorists laying a mine was destroyed by an air strike (the source is the same).
All that I need, I highlighted. No comments.
27 April. The Israeli Air Force destroyed the warehouse of the SCAD missiles intended for Hezbollah north of Damascus. In the Syrian territory there are dead and wounded (agency "SANA").
It is clear that nobody showed the missiles “for Hezbollah”. They were destroyed ...
20 August. The Israeli air force launched a series of strikes on the territory of Syria. Two administrative buildings in Quneitra were attacked. This operation was a response to the rocket attack on Israel (again, the Syrian agency SANA).
As it should be understood, it was from these buildings that rockets were launched. After all, Israeli intelligence is the best in the region, they knew where to give an answer ...
4 December. Air strike on a convoy of trucks carrying rockets in the Al Qatifa area north of Damascus.
2016 year.
9 February. The IDF air force attacked Hezbollah militants on the Damascus-Homs (Al-Jazeera) highway.
4 July. The Israeli military attacked the position of the Syrian army near the Israeli border after shelling in the area of the border fence. There is no information about the damage or casualties. The fact of the attack, the IDF announced officially ("News").
22 August. In response to the mortar shelling of the Israeli Air Force attacked the positions of the Syrian army in the central part of the Golan Heights.
4 September. In response to the mortar shelling of the border territory of the Israeli Air Force attacked the territory of Syria. The target of the attack was the firing point of the artillery of the Syrian army (hereinafter - SANA).
8 September. The Israeli Air Force attacked the mortar stance of the Syrian government army. The air strike was a reaction to the shelling of the territory of Israel.
10 September. The Israeli Air Force attacked the artillery positions of the Syrian government army in response to the shelling of Israel’s territory.
13 September. In response to the mortar shelling of the territory of Israel, the Air Force attacked the artillery battery of the Syrian government army. Syria's air defense fired two rockets on Israeli aircraft.
14 September. Israeli Air Force hit the target in Syria. The actions were a reaction to the mortar attacks on Israeli territory.
30 November. Attacked by a convoy of trucks in the Damascus area. The blow was also struck to strengthen the army of Assad in the capital of Syria.
9 November. The IDF attacked a Syrian artillery battery. The strike came in response to a mortar shell on Israeli territory.
27 November. The Israeli military opened fire on targets in Syrian territory after shelling military personnel patrolling the border in the southeastern part of the Golan Heights and dropping three mortar shells into Israeli territory. The IDF air force destroyed the vehicle of the terrorists who had fired at the soldiers, four militants of the Shukhada al-Yarmuk group were killed.
28 November. The Israeli Air Force attacked the object of the organization "Islamic State" in Syrian territory. An abandoned building formerly owned by the UN, which the terrorists used to shoot at IDF troops, was hit.
2017 year
13 January. A blow was struck at the Mezze military airfield and several other targets in the vicinity of Damascus.
The list, as you can see, is rather big. And deliberately, I removed from it all that concerns the development of the Israeli Air Force at Hezbollah sites. Although this happened on the territory of the state, in the airspace of which Israeli planes openly intruded in violation of all international norms and rules. As well as he did not report any “Arab media” and frankly fake institutions such as the “Syrian Point of Observance of Human Rights” in London.
But so above the roof.
What conclusions can be drawn here? Very interesting.
It turns out that if those who were engaged in shelling were accurately spotted in the Israeli army, they would be destroyed. If not, then the fire is conducted on the objects of the Syrian army. And often quite far from the places of real events.
Who gave Israel the right to such exclusivity, I think, is not worth talking. This was done by the Israelis themselves, naturally, not without the support of a “big friend,” that is, the United States.
By and large, there are not so many countries in the world that can afford things like systematic and regular raids into the territory of another state. For which the laws are not written.
But here we have a very interesting situation, which I would shortly call as "Well settled down".
It is no secret that Israel and Syria are enemies. More precisely, in Israel they consider the enemy of Assad. Therefore, as I understood it from the explanations of our Israeli readers, the policy is as follows: if we are touched, we give back.
The fact that there are more than 50 of different terrorist groups in Syria today is not interesting to anyone in Israel. And no one, too, would figure out who, under the cover of night, brought a mortar into the frontier and started shooting at it from Israel. But there is an excellent reason to send airplanes kilometers beyond the 250-300 to the territory of Syria (of course, Syrian mortars shoot exactly that distance) and work on the airfield near Damascus.
Everything is very clear and logical. Only Israeli logic is ... crooked.
Yes, aggression comes from the state of Syria. This is true. But why it is responsible for border incidents at airfields "north of Damascus" is hard to say. The motto “Assad is the President, and is responsible for everything” is, of course, very kosher, but you should not forget who often controls the border areas.
About those near the border. It's no secret that terrorists are often sitting there. It is as it is, the rear of the front with the SAR. Rear, from which the soldiers of the ISIS is quite normal if necessary, may be on the territory of Israel.
Yes, the answers to the questions “why are you treating terrorists?” We also observed on our pages more than once. It’s all a matter of Jewish philanthropy. A real and right Jew cannot pass by someone else’s misfortune. And therefore "we do not make a difference between those who need help." Familiar? Familiar.
Well, really, if a person is injured, no matter by whom, to help him in a human way. And humanly punish him wounded, right? That's just the quandary again. Help in Israel is often offered to terrorists from ISIS, Dzhebhat al Nusra and the like, prohibited not only here, but in many other countries, and for some reason they punish those who fight against these terrorists.
Everything is explained very simply. Israel does not need a side by side for many reasons Iran-Syria. And, first of all, of course, Syria, that is, Assad, who only in the light of recent events completely forgot about the issue of the occupied Golan Heights. But if Assad wins over the forces of ISIS, the question will arise again.
Therefore, any terrorist, from any organization that does not look towards Israel, but towards Syria, is an ally for Israel.
Here I refer, by the way, to Professor Ephraim Enbar, a staff member of the Begin and Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, whose article was published in August last year by many media outlets and Mordechai Keidar, an orientalist, a professor in the Arabic language department at Bar-Ilan University and also a member of the above-mentioned center.
And if Mr. Kaydar only indicated the problem in his speeches, then Mr. Enbar quite clearly justified the lack of benefit for Israel in the event of the destruction of ISIL.
According to Enbar, the defeat of a terrorist organization will force its members to return to their countries, which will lead to an increase in terrorist acts around the world. If you don’t eliminate ISIS completely, but only weaken it to the level when all the forces of this organization will go to war within the borders of present-day Iraq and Syria, then this will only make it possible to destroy each other’s government forces and armed groups without thinking of terrorist attacks beyond its borders.
"Letting the bad guys kill the bad guys sounds very cynical, but it is useful and even moral because it provides the employment of the bad guys and less opportunity for them to harm the good guys."
And Israeli Gold Chancellor Alex Goldman-Shayman stated in general that “the IS, of course, is also not a friend to us and also threatens us ... I cannot say who is more dangerous for Israel is Iran or the IS. But the fact that Tehran has more opportunities to harm us is for sure. ”
Actually, this is actually the answer to the question about the roots of the “strange war” waged by Israel. The friendship between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which is growing stronger every day, also fits in beautifully with this.
Ask, what can the Wahhabi state, one of the two ideological and financial sponsors of religious and terrorist scumbags in the world, and the Jews, who are supposed to be a bone in the throats of the Saudis, have in common?
It's simple. Friendship against Iran. Iran, which is not only supported by Russia, the United States could not strangle the country with sanctions and preferred to loosen its grip on the throat in exchange for continuing its machinations in Iraq. And Iran has always supported Syria. That's the whole deal ...
That's why ISIS is not viewed by Tel Aviv as an enemy. As well as other Sunni groups operating in Syria. This is "his".
That is why it is unrealistic to find in the reports from the region a little bit impressive evidence of the struggle of the Israeli army against terrorists. In fact, the only example can be called military operations in the Sinai Peninsula. But here a little crooked. Yes, the attacks on the recognized Islamic Caliphate Vilayet Sinai grouping were inflicted. But here is a little walk through the history of the gang.
At first, this gang was called “At-Tauhid wal-Jihad”, and was formed in 2002 year. Its founder is Sharkyya Khaled Musaid, and two more of his accomplices from the Sinai Peninsula.
In 2011, by merging with another Sinai gang, “Naguna min an-Nar” (“Those who escaped from Hell”), the Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group, known for its “exploits”, led by Taufik Ziyad, who was released from prison, was known.
10 November 2014, many members took an oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, one of the leaders of ISIS, and were called “Vilayet Sinai” (“Sinai Province”).
So basically, this is more of an advertising move. A gang of Sinai absolutely set for themselves their tasks related exclusively to the habitat. And acted solely on Sinai.
It turns out that Israel is not so uneven breathing in relation to ISIS and their allies. Unfortunately, in fact, lately, Israel has repeatedly given reason to doubt its sincerity towards Islamic terrorists. I believe more in the desire to get more at the expense of a weakened neighbor. Double standards in the flesh.
The question arises: can a state with such a policy be at least a normal partner? I do not even stutter about any issues of alliance.
Necessary afterword.
Personally, it is difficult for me to hang a clear label "yours" or "someone else's" on a Syrian or Israeli. The first I know is not so good, and to be honest with you, I would prefer a Persian to an Arab. But looking at those dances, which suit the Israelis, there is even more doubt. No, if you look at our “obzrenskihs” this way, they will guide anyone on the right path. And the correctness and righteousness of any prophet or saint will take.
But if the whole state is such, out of clear and correct, why are things so ... clumsy? No, it is clear that everything must be done for the sake of the prosperity of the state. The only question is about whom to dirty their hands with friendship.
When I worked on this material, it happened, I spoke with one Jew. From there. And he told me such a thing: you treated Ukrainian soldiers too! And then let go back! How are you better?
A habitual, of course, practice from an Israeli, but what can be expected from a person who left Russia at the age of 6? Yes, they did. Yes, saved from imminent death at the hands of the militias. Yes, healed and sent back home. But who? I think I should not repeat myself in my understanding of Ukraine, everyone knows this quite well.
Let's hypothetically put next to one of those fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a militiaman and a Russian. And it would be nice to make an Israeli citizen find three differences. I think if you put "igilovtsa" and "Tsakhalovts", then any Russian will find these differences. We greeted the soldiers of the neighboring army, even the former fraternal state. Own blood. But how much "igilovskie" their for the Israelis - that is another question.
Yes, by the way, and on our farms flew "from that side" several times. But for some reason, our planes did not fly to bomb Kiev and Borispol. We Russians are generally strange.
But the fact that sometimes we choose allies and friends is not very good is a fact. But I think we learn. Israel, at least, will help by example. Teach They, the Israelites, love to teach the right. We will try to be good students. After all, learning from the advanced and enlightened is only for the benefit. The main thing is not to get dirty.
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