Israel explained the strengthening of the military presence in the Red Sea

The Israeli navy was forced to build up its capabilities in the Red Sea region. This was stated by the former commander of the Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit.

At the same time, Israel explained their actions. It is indicated that this happened in connection with the growing threats from Iran.

Although the vice admiral did not confirm Israel's involvement in a series of attacks on Iranian ships, which the Arab press attributes to the Israelis, in general he described Iran's activities on the high seas as one of Israel's main problems. The Israeli navy, according to the vice admiral, should be able to strike wherever necessary to protect national economic interests.

The Israeli Navy currently has a clear advantage over fleets all neighboring states are potential adversaries, but this does not mean that it is free from threats. For example, the Lebanese group Hezbollah has an arsenal of surface-to-sea missiles and can conduct attacks against Israeli ships. The Palestinian group Hamas also created its own small naval sabotage detachment. But most of all in Israel they fear provocations from Iran. In turn, Tehran accuses the Israeli military of provocations.

One of the most important tasks of the Israeli Navy at the present time is to ensure effective protection of the country's gas platforms in the Mediterranean Sea, which allow receiving up to 75% of the country's energy. Moreover, the anti-Israeli groups, as noted in Tel Aviv, have never concealed their intentions to attack these platforms in the event of hostilities. In 2006, Hezbollah struck an Israeli warship, killing four sailors.

Israel claims that both Hezbollah and Hamas are improving their combat capabilities. For example, not so long ago the Israelis managed to intercept an underwater drone launched by Hamas. Such devices can pose a significant threat to both shipping and coastal infrastructure. At the same time, the Red Sea remains an even more vulnerable area than the Mediterranean coast of Israel.

First, almost all of Israel's imports go by sea, and the Red Sea plays a key economic role for the country. Iran is believed to be trying to influence the Israeli economy by attacking ships and vessels sailing through the Red Sea. At the same time, for an attack it is not necessary to use the Iranian forces proper, you can act with the hands of the same Hezbollah or the Yemeni Houthi rebels.

Secondly, Iranian warships have access to the Red Sea through Yemen, which, again, Israel believes, directly threatens Israeli shipping and forces the Israeli military to maintain impressive naval forces in the Red Sea, including missile ships. At the same time, Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher and expert on Iran at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, believes that the Israeli fleet is still not large enough to rely on in the confrontation with Iran. True, this also does not negate the need for the country to strengthen its maritime security in the region.

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[Mavrikiy]

Israel explained the strengthening of the military presence in the Red Sea

We could not have apologized, our polite ones.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

At the same time, Israel explained their actions. Indicated that this happened due to growing threats from Iran.

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Iran, it seems, on the other hand ...
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[Dym71]

Quote: Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov

Iran, it seems, on the other hand ...

Heil ha-yam understands this and are working on this issue, they just haven’t made it to the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea.

[Trapp1st]

due to the growing threats from Iran.

[Dym71]

- Have you heard what scarecrow Rabinovich put in his garden?
- No, but what?
- So terrible that the crows returned the harvest for the past year!

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Dym71

- Have you heard how frightened Rabinovich was ...

Some bastard wrote a three-letter word to Rabinovich on the door.
Rabinovich did not erase it, but simply added "Bolshoi" in front of it!
And how the meaning has changed! How the inscription played !!!

[Dym71]

Quote: A. Privalov

And how the meaning has changed! How the inscription played !!!

- Yes, Rabinovich has a lot to learn!
- Which Rabinovich?
- Yes, any Rabinovich!

[tralflot1832]

So for Information. There is a humanitarian disaster in Lebanon, there is no fuel. The military confiscates fuel for themselves. One only country has provided assistance. The leader of Hezbollah thanked this country for its help. Tankers are delivered fuel because of the sanctions not to Lebanon, but to Syria. And from Syria, fuel delivered to Lebanon. Specifically pulled, everyone guessed it IRAN. Probably this is one of the reasons for the appearance of the Israeli Navy in the Red Sea. Yes, they have always been there. Egypt and Jordan chtoli united overnight?

[andreykolesov123]

Quote: tralflot1832

One single country helped

First of all, this is help to Hezbollah.

[tralflot1832]

By the way, I found the exact figure, three Iranian tankers are coming to Syria. Afghanistan, asked to provide Iran with oil products. Iran gladly agreed.

[rotmistr60]

The Israeli naval forces were forced build up your potential

Again "forced". They are forced to strike blows against Syria, they are forced to doggle with Iran, they are forced to spit on international law, they are also forced to create secret nuclear weapons. The entire Middle East does nothing but force Israel to take any action. But often these actions are too aggressive. At the same time, no country in the world (except Iran) can (does not want to) tell the truth in the eyes of the Jews. Taboo after the 2nd MV.

[Flooding]

Quote: rotmistr60

They are forced to strike blows against Syria, they are forced to doggle with Iran, they are forced to spit on international law, they are also forced to create secret nuclear weapons. The entire Middle East does nothing but force Israel to take any action

after all, Birobidzhan is a much quieter and more promising place for Jews to live
and I would, in the place of the United States, take and give for perpetual use some state comparable in terms of territory
I think Hawaii would be fine
and everyone will be happy
except for the most implacable fanatics
a joke of course
perhaps today's Israel also plays a positive role in the modern system of checks and balances
we just don't see this role
who knows. time will judge
and about Hawaii, I advise Americans to think

[rotmistr60]

after all, Birobidzhan ...

Only there you can count the Jews on your fingers, and the Yiddish language.

perhaps today's Israel also plays a positive role in the modern system of checks and balances

Some kind of "checks and balances" are one-sided, don't you think?

[Flooding]

Quote: rotmistr60

Some kind of "checks and balances" are one-sided, don't you think?

I see the full picture
not special in the Middle East
therefore I do not presume to judge
but as a citizen I condemn))

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Flood

after all, Birobidzhan is a much quieter and more promising place for Jews to live

Quite right. Therefore, as many as one and a half thousand Jews live there.

[Flooding]

Quote: A. Privalov

Quite right. Therefore, as many as one and a half thousand Jews live there.

the rest are not looking for peace
Give them a thrill

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Flood

the rest are not looking for peace
Give them a thrill

"And the eternal battle,
We only dream about peace. "(C)

[dauria]

Quite right. Therefore, as many as one and a half thousand Jews live there.

Uh-uh !!! Don't touch ours! These Jews are more Russian than all of Moscow and the government together. They live on the horns of the devil and work.
Meanwhile, in the resorts of that same Red Sea, a bunch of Muscovites are warming their thighs under the protection of Israeli ships.
Moreover, the far east in the distant future is a war zone between the United States and China ...

[Shahno]

// And at this time, at the resorts of the same Red Sea, a bunch of Muscovites are warming their thighs under the protection of Israeli ships //
So it seems that Eilat is not very popular with the Russians.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: dauria

Quite right. Therefore, as many as one and a half thousand Jews live there.

Uh-uh !!! Don't touch ours! These Jews are more Russian than all of Moscow and the government together. They live on the horns of the devil and work.
Meanwhile, in the resorts of that same Red Sea, a bunch of Muscovites are warming their thighs under the protection of Israeli ships.
Moreover, the far east in the distant future is a war zone between the United States and China ...

Russians can help their Palestinian brothers fulfill their age-old dream of living on a Jewish land without Jews.

[Iris]

Well, they are "brothers" rather to Lavrov than to Russians, and, in any case, such thermophilic "flowers of the desert" in Birobidzhan will not live long)))

[andreykolesov123]

Quote: dauria

a bunch of Muscovites

Why don't Muscovites suit you?

[Alf]

Quote: Flood

and about Hawaii, I advise Americans to think

Better Alaska, with a ban on leaving the state. And along the state borders, including from the water, put automatic machine-gun points from 12,7. You can't come to an agreement with them.

[Vladimir61]

Quote: rotmistr60

At the same time, no country in the world (except Iran) can (does not want to) tell the truth in the eyes of the Jews.

Simply, in Iran, as in some other Arab countries, there is no state Jewish lobby! On mechanical accounts, the bones are not enough to "put aside" famous world names in the field of politics, finance, business and art in almost any country in the world to the list of Israel's friends.

[Iris]

At the same time, no country in the world (except Iran) can (does not want to) tell the truth in the eyes of the Jews.

What is the truth? That the seventy-year dream of "throwing the Jews into the sea" has not gone away?
So smart people are silent about this - from the high rostrum, at least.
And as for the Jews, they don't need to talk about it: they themselves know very well.

By the way, what has the Second World War to do with it? Who, in your opinion, told the Jews the truth then, before the "taboo"? Aren't they Germans?

[Installer]

A Jewish pirate ship is sailing in the Mediterranean Sea: the left side - 40 formidable cannons, the starboard - accordingly, a huge black flag with a skull and bones flutters on the mast, and below - a small, white ... well, just in case.

[andreykolesov123]

Quote: Installer

and below - small, white ... well, just in case.

Jews are famous cowards.

[A. Privalov]

This was stated by the former commander of the Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit.

Eli Sharvit - Commander of the Israeli Navy since September 12, 2016. Why did our venerable author fired him? "Thoroughly it is necessary, guys!" (C)

[Trapp1st]

Why did our venerable author fired him? "You need to be careful, guys!"

Maybe the author is so thorough that he knows what he does not know)

[Dym71]

Quote: A. Privalov

"Thoroughly it is necessary, guys!" (C)

Our guys are trying, but the Associated Press is confusing, damn imperialists!

ATLIT, Israel (AP) - The Israeli navy has “exponentially” intensified its activities in the Red Sea in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping, the country's newly retired naval commander said in an interview.
Vice Admiral. Eli Sharvit did not confirm a series of attacks and accidents on Iranian ships that were attributed to Israel. But he called Iran's activities on the high seas the main concern of Israel .......

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-iran-israel-navy-4ece4ff6a5b881e8cd3d8884110f6271

[Shahno]

It was high time. Also in the Persian Gulf ... As they say, we are waiting for the "first pie" to be baked, and we are already here, next to it.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Dym71

Quote: A. Privalov

"Thoroughly it is necessary, guys!" (C)

Our guys are trying, but the Associated Press is confusing, damn imperialists!

ATLIT, Israel (AP) - The Israeli navy has “exponentially” intensified its activities in the Red Sea in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping, the country's newly retired naval commander said in an interview.
Vice Admiral. Eli Sharvit did not confirm a series of attacks and accidents on Iranian ships that were attributed to Israel. But he called Iran's activities on the high seas the main concern of Israel .......

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-iran-israel-navy-4ece4ff6a5b881e8cd3d8884110f6271

Exactly, since September 2, David Salama. Thanks for the clarification.
We humbly ask the author!

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: A. Privalov

Eli Sharvit - Commander of the Israeli Navy since September 12, 2016. Why did our venerable author fired him? "Thoroughly it is necessary, guys!" (C)

Not to mention that there are no special naval ranks in Israel, but in any case, the rank of Aluf Eli Sharvit cannot be transferred higher than Rear Admiral.

[Babermetis]

Quote: A. Privalov

This was stated by the former commander of the Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit.

Eli Sharvit - Commander of the Israeli Navy since September 12, 2016. Why did our venerable author fired him? "Thoroughly it is necessary, guys!" (C)

So he resigns. Retires.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Babermetis

So he resigns. Retires.

Already.

[MTZ 80]

If only Iran had nuclear weapons, you see, then Israel would begin to speak in human language, and not bomb civilian Palestinians.

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: MTZ 80

If only Iran had nuclear weapons, you see, then Israel would begin to speak in human language, and not bomb civilian Palestinians.

Where do you buy the herb?

[Vitaly gusin]

Quote: Aron Zaavi

Where do you buy the herb?

Dear, why do you offend?

[A. Privalov]

Quote: MTZ 80

If only Iran had nuclear weapons, you see, then Israel would begin to speak in human language, and not bomb civilian Palestinians.

Iran has no territorial, material or economic claims against Israel. (in fact, like Israel to Iran.)

Yes, Israel has publicly declared that the main and completely uncontrollable geopolitical competitor of Russia in the Middle East and North Caucasus, an economic competitor of Russia on a global scale, hiding behind fairy tales about the "peaceful atom", enriches and accumulates uranium to create nuclear weapons (IAEA confirms). At the same time, it very seriously increases its capabilities in relation to conventional weapons. Many countries have already thought about this very well. This is in contrast to the naive Russians.

Imagine Iran has created nuclear weapons.
Who will he use it against?
Against Israel?
Ayatollahs are drowning very loudly for the "Palestinian brothers".
Where will they hit with nuclear weapons?
Jerusalem, where nearly 250 Arabs live?
In Tel Aviv with another 150?
Through the reactor in Dimona, 120 Bedouins, along with their camels, sheep and goats, will instantly go to the booths of heaven.
In Israel, almost 2/3 of cities with a mixed population! And the area of ​​Israel is less than half of the Moscow region.

The nuclear excess will surely affect Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, turn a real piece of the Mediterranean Sea into a radioactive swamp, so much so that Cyprus will get it and it will definitely bring it to Turkey with a breeze and water.
We look at the map and think at least a little. This circle with a radius of about three hundred kilometers.

I said here more than once, but I will repeat again:
Iran is by no means an Israeli problem.

[MTZ 80]

Yes, they will not use it, they are not so bloodthirsty. Israel's ardor will simply subside. And you have to sit down at the negotiating table

[A. Privalov]

Quote: MTZ 80

Yes, they will not use it, they are not so bloodthirsty. Israel's ardor will simply subside. And you have to sit down at the negotiating table

Maxim, well, be a realist. Iran has no common borders with Israel, there are no territorial, material or economic claims against Israel. (in fact, like Israel to Iran.) What are the negotiations about?

[MTZ 80]

Negotiations to end Israel's preventive attacks on other countries and to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the region, created by the way Israel.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: MTZ 80

Negotiations to end Israel's preventive attacks on other countries and to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the region, created by the way Israel.

Tell me you’re joking.

[MTZ 80]

Does it mean that negotiations are out of the question?

[A. Privalov]

Quote: MTZ 80

Does it mean that negotiations are out of the question?

Not with anyone and not about anything, alas ...

[Charik]

Well, yes, but you can and should negotiate with the wall, and even more so with the people of the Iranian nation, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Trapp1st]

the main and completely uncontrollable geopolitical competitor of Russia in the Middle East and North Caucasus, an economic competitor of Russia on a global scale, hiding behind fairy tales about the "peaceful atom", enriches and accumulates uranium to create nuclear weapons

Is it not enough for you already?

Who will he use it against?

Against whom did the North Koreans, Pakistanis, Jews or Indians use nuclear weapons?

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Trapp1st

Against whom did the North Koreans, Pakistanis, Jews or Indians use nuclear weapons?

Not applied, but sharpened and prepared.
North Koreans - South Koreans.
Pakis are against the Hindus.
Hindus on packs.

Jews ...
What, Jews?
They seem to have no nuclear weapons either.
So, only rumors, but gossip ...
By the way, they do not call anyone a "cancer of the Middle East".
They do not promise to wipe anyone off the face of the earth.

Maybe about their nuclear weapons, this is generally idle chatter and bluff.

[Trapp1st]

Not applied

Why should Iran apply?

What, Jews? They seem to have no nuclear weapons either.

Even if you repeat this 1000 times, it will not be true, it is high time to change the training manual.

They do not promise to wipe anyone off the face of the earth.

They simply commit acts of terrorism, assassinations, military attacks on neighboring countries, and promise to bomb a sovereign country.

[A. Privalov]

Quote: Trapp1st

Not applied

Why should Iran apply?

What, Jews? They seem to have no nuclear weapons either.

Even if you repeat this 1000 times, it will not be true, it is high time to change the training manual.

They do not promise to wipe anyone off the face of the earth.

They simply commit acts of terrorism, assassinations, military attacks on neighboring countries, and promise to bomb a sovereign country.

[venik]

"...The Israeli Navy currently has a clear advantage over the fleets of all neighboring states...."
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Oh, is it ??? Egyptian Navy looks more impressive! Much more solid !!!
Or do the Israelis no longer see Egypt as a potential adversary?

[A. Privalov]

Quote: venik

Or do the Israelis no longer see Egypt as a potential adversary?

No. Doesn't count.
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty 42 (forty-two!) Years ago. It has never been violated by any country.
For those interested in the topic. Several years ago, I wrote a special article on VO: "Peace is not made with friends."

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[GAndr]

Still, an amazing country Israel, the population there is just like in some big city, and where you don't look everywhere is Israel and how are they enough for all this? Surprisingly, however ...

[A. Privalov]

Quote: GAndr

Still, an amazing country Israel, the population there is just like in some big city, and where you don't look everywhere is Israel and how are they enough for all this? Surprisingly, however ...

And don't speak! We need to manage everything from rains, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to the green pea crop in Mozambique and the shoe polish in New Zealand. Everything in the world was bought by the Jews, and what was not bought was sold by them. We already work in three shifts, but we do not always have time to do it everywhere. However, do you need to keep the brand? So you have to chase after a joke.

[dauria]

So you have to chase after a joke.

Laugh - laugh ... You ceased to be Jews as soon as you acquired a piece of the planet. Everything in your culture, way of family and religion was sharpened for survival among alien peoples and at the same time preserving this very "Jewishness". Moreover, it is not genetic (here you are no different from the rest of the monkeys that began their journey across the Earth 500 thousand years ago) You were not loved for it, but it was preserved due to its such "design".
And now you are like everyone else To defend, to fight to the death, not to flee to well-fed countries, to be patriots not of an imaginary homeland, but of a real one. And your way of life ("all around strangers") is not suitable for this.
Only the gypsies remained. Even a pity .... the culture was unique - "Jews without Israel".

[A. Privalov]

Quote: dauria

So you have to chase after a joke.

Laugh - laugh ... You ceased to be Jews as soon as you acquired a piece of the planet. Everything in your culture, way of family and religion was sharpened for survival among alien peoples and at the same time preserving this very "Jewishness". Moreover, it is not genetic (here you are no different from the rest of the monkeys that began their journey across the Earth 500 thousand years ago) You were not loved for it, but it was preserved due to its such "design".
And now you are like everyone else To defend, to fight to the death, not to flee to well-fed countries, to be patriots not of an imaginary homeland, but of a real one. And your way of life ("all around strangers") is not suitable for this.
Only the gypsies remained. Even a pity .... the culture was unique - "Jews without Israel".

We really liked the "piece of the planet"!
What is true, it is less than half the size of the Moscow region, as the song says: "A drop on the continent,
dot on the globe ... "... But everything else is correct, even the enemies have diminished. Smart and pragmatic Arab countries, one after another, normalize relations with Israel. Trade, high-tech industries, industry, everything went up. Ports cannot cope. Well, and those who continue to dog, ride donkeys and curse the Jews blaming them for all their troubles.

[Shahno]

It may be surprising somewhere .. But if you take a look at some relative indicators and the prevailing conditions, it becomes, as it were, more clear:
Jerusalem in the territory of which state,
number of Nobel laureates of Jewish origin in total,
who directly competes with Silicon Valley and London in high-tech ....
and finally who theoretically substantiated nuclear weapons for the USSR
Continue?

[Vitaly gusin]

Quote: Shahno

Continue?

Sorry, I'll add my five cents
Spouses Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, they were Russian agents in the United States who passed on secret information about nuclear technologies and developments to the USSR.

[Shahno]

OK. I am glad that the comments are not in the red. So the thinking audience still remains.

[Paranoid50]

It smacks of anti-Semitism.

[Oleg Olkha]

Well, yes, after the inclusion of Israel in the US Central Command (CENTCOM), there is a growing understanding "at the top" that the main threats are shifting to the sea, (https://www.israeldefense.co.il/node/51762 Amir Rapaport. Finally, a not for decades financing the Navy on the "residual principle" ...) the real strengthening of the Navy with new attack ships and submarines (four corvettes of the "Magen" type are at home and equipped, the real first tranche of 50 million shekels has already been allocated for the mini-corvettes "Reshef", new submarine "Dragon", (Dolphin-2 +) with a universal VPU for the CD, is almost ready in German Kiel, the design of the head of the series "Dakar", (Dolphin-3) has been completed, with the integration of Israeli systems (including the "special" assignments, during the installation of which German personnel are not allowed into the boat ...) and work is underway with subcontractors.In these conditions, there was a need and an opportunity to keep a strike group of two, three surface ships and a submarine for a long time in the "southern" seas for Israel. Further strengthening of the Israeli Navy is inevitable, considering say "experts" ...

[Oleg Olkha]

And yes, in the photo for the article not "Jews", but Israelites and Israelites-Sabras, Yehudim, absolutely "new socio-political community of people"

[Oleg Olkha]

Something like this ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QUuCeRWQO8

[Shahno]

Well, the Dolphins have been in positions for a long time. It's just that they are now reinforced with corvettes from the Saar series ...

[Iris]

The correct decision is to prevent threats in advance, and not based on the results of military operations of a hostile state.