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World News See other World News Articles Title: Israel Wants to Prevent Russian S-300 Supplies to Syria - Ex-Defense Minister TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israel does not want Syria to receive Russia's S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and has channels of cooperation with Moscow to try to prevent such supplies, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Sputnik. "If the Russian government asks us whether to supply the S-300 or not, we would like these systems not to fall into the hands of the Syrians. Earlier, when such questions arose, we used the appropriate channels to discuss them with the Russian leadership. Now it also receives signals from our authorities about the undesirability of such supplies," former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who left office in 2016, said in an interview. Yaalon's successor, Avigdor Lieberman, has repeatedly threatened to destroy the S-300 systems if Damascus uses them against Israeli aircraft that regularly strike targets in the neighboring country. Yaalon himself believes Israeli forces are ready to bypass modern air defense systems. "You know that the entire Syrian air defense system is based on Soviet or Russian equipment — SA-2, SA-5, SA-17, SA-22 [NATO reporting names for S-75, S-200, Buk and Pantsir systems]. The S-300 is a more powerful system, and we do not like it to appear in Syria, but just as we are ready and able to overcome the entire existing air defense of Syria, we should be ready to deal with the S-300," Yaalon said. READ MORE: Boosting Syrian Air Defenses Will Scale Down US, Israeli Ambitions — Lawmaker Mutual understanding between Israeli and Russian army has significantly increased over last decades, he noted. "We are glad that in the past there were times of the Cold War when Israeli pilots were confronted by Soviet pilots or SA-2, SA-3 [S-125] air defense systems under Soviet control. Since 1991, we have the official, open relations. That does not mean that we look at all the same questions, but we have channels to talk with each other… Therefore, we manage to find mutual understanding on many issues," Yaalon stated. READ MORE: Russian Arms Exporter to Supply S-300 to Syria If Russian Gov't Permits On April 14, following US-led strikes on Syria, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff Col. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said Russia might consider supplies of the S-300 air defense systems to Damascus. Top Israeli General Warns of 'Increased Chances of War' in Golan Heights After the attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sputnik that Moscow was no longer bound by a moral duty not to supply Damascus with S-300 systems after Western strikes on Syria on April 14. Back in 2010, Damascus contracted the supplies of S-300 systems, the contract was canceled at the request of Israel, which feared for its airspace. The so-called hotline that has been used by the Israeli and Russian military in Syria over the past three years has helped prevent a Russian jet that almost entered Israel’s airspace from potentially being shot down, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Sputnik. "[The 'hotline'] saves lives, since it helps to avoid misunderstandings. At the beginning of the Russian operation in Syria, there was a case when a Russian pilot had almost crossed [Israel’s] border in the Golan Heights. If it had been a Syrian jet, we would have downed it. But we realized it was a Russian jet and used the 'hotline' to communicate with the Hmeymim [Russian airbase in Syria]. ‘Your jet is about to enter our airspace. Attention!’ The matter was solved immediately," Yaalon stated. Yaalon was one of the developers of the information-sharing mechanism, which has been preventing aerial clashes and other dangerous incidents between the two countries since 2015 when Moscow launched its aerial anti-terrorist campaigns in Syria. Israel Wants Russia to Respect 'Its Security Interests' in Syria - Lieberman Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting against opposition groups and terrorist organizations. In September 2015, Russia launched aerial campaigns against terrorists in Syria at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russia and Israel have been in contact since the beginning of the operation and developed a mechanism to avoid accidental collisions between the forces of the two countries. In September 2014, Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet which had infiltrated Israeli-controlled airspace over the Golan Heights. READ MORE: Israel Closes Airspace Over Disputed Golan Heights Amid Syria Strikes — Reports Israeli-Syrian relations are strained, particularly over the disputed region of Golan Heights. Israel occupied the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed the territory in 1981. The international community has not recognized the Israeli annexation. Israel's Operations in Syria Tracked by Russia Israel does not need to inform the Russian military about its operations in Syria, as the Russian servicemen see and identify Israeli aircraft, but are not interfering in their activities in accordance with the existing arrangements, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told Sputnik. "It's not even coordination. The Russians do not need to coordinate their actions with us, and we do not need to coordinate ours with them, and we both know how to recognize each other's planes. We are able to distinguish the Syrian Su-24 from the Russian Su-24…. Exactly, in the same manner, they identify our aircraft and do not interfere," Yaalon said in an interview. The principle of not interfering with each other lies at the heart of the so-called deconfliction mechanism, which has been in effect for almost three years and is designed to protect both countries from accidental clashes and other conflict situations in Syria. "We do not need to coordinate, report to the Russian headquarters that we are going to carry out an airstrike, we understand that they are able to identify our planes, they do not interfere with us, we do not interfere with them," he explained. A direct channel of communication between the Hmeimim airbase near Latakia and the Kirya command center in Tel Aviv was established in the fall of 2015, simultaneously with the appearance of Russian air groups in the region. It is designed to protect the military of the two countries from clashes and other dangerous incidents during their operations in Syria. Israeli officers and their Russian counterparts in Syria communicate in Russian via the "hotline," which once helped prevent a serious incident, Yaalon noted. "When once, I was the defense minister at that time, we realized that Russia had decided to send its aviation to Syria and later to deploy the S-300 and the S-400 air defense systems, I invited the Russian military attache in Tel Aviv to my office and said: 'We know that you plan to bring troops to Syria. We are not going to interfere in the intra-Syrian conflict, but we have our own interests there, the 'red lines.' Do not bother us, and we will not interfere with you… To avoid misunderstandings, we have a Russian-speaking officer on duty from the Israeli side," he stated. Yaalon stressed that the hotline was useful in the very first few months when a Russian aircraft was about to enter the Israeli-controlled airspace by mistake. "If it was a Syrian plane, we would have shot it down, but we realized it was a Russian plane, and we used a hotline to contact Hmeimim: 'Your plane is about to enter our airspace. Be careful!' The issue was resolved immediately," he said. About a year before, the Israelis, under similar circumstances, shut down the Syrian Su-24 bomber over the part of the Golan Heights controlled by them. "As of now, there was not a single incident caused by misunderstanding, as it happened when the Turks shot down the Russian Sukhoi in northern Syria. We found a way not to interfere with each other," the former minister added. READ MORE: Israel's 2007 Attack on Syrian Facility: A Warning Signal to Iran The Field Training Week in southern Israel, part of the IDF Infantry Instructors course, includes individual and group drills, navigation practice, sleeping in the field and camouflage trainin Apologize or Quit: Israeli Women Soldiers Issue Petition Against 'Humiliating' Rabbis Foreign media have regularly reported the Israeli Air Force attacks on warehouses and convoys in Syria, including even after the appearance of Russian aviation and air defense systems there. Israel usually leaves such publications without comment, but every time declares its readiness to use force if it is required to prevent Iran's military presence on its northern borders or supplies of modern weapons to hostile radical groups. One of the most serious incidents occurred three months ago when, in response to the invasion of an unmanned vehicle identified as Iranian, the Israeli Air Force attacked an airbase in the Palmyra area and then, having lost the F-16 fighter from the Syrian air defense fire, bombed a dozen more targets in the Damascus area, including anti-aircraft missile systems and facilities with alleged "Iranian presence" in the neighboring country. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Israel would be much more honest if they simply declared war on Syria.
Iran is building their own version of the S-400. It is better than what Russia is giving Syria. But there are 2 companies that build the S-300. The new S-300 system is built by the company that builds the S-400 so what they are sending is good.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
Another fine kettle of fish they want to stir up over there. Why don't these Joos just mind their own business? ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Veritas Vincit Israeli operations conforming to forms of warfare against the Russian Federation: - Israel’s deliveries of weapons to Ukraine to increase death toll - Putin, TASS, April 18, 2015 (an aspect of broader covert Israeli operations in Ukraine) - "What should be troubling to Russia is the extent of the cooperation between Ukraine and Israel in the fields of military and intelligence..... the cooperation between Israel and Ukraine in the field of intelligence is so extensive that Israel saw it fit to appoint Reuven Dinel, a former Mossad agent, as ambassador to Ukraine. It is worth noting that Dinel was caught spying in Russia during the 90s and was subsequently declared persona non grata. So tarnished was Dinel's reputation that Turkmenistan refused to grant diplomatic status to this enemy of Russia. Ukraine had no such qualms...... Israel is advocating the agenda of oligarchs with dual or multiple citizenships jealously clinging on to assets stolen from the people of Russia. Russia has no choice but to treat Israel as an enemy state." (Israel's Role In Ukraine, By Alois Philby, 26 February, 2014) - “For past seven years, Israeli companies have been helping [the] Georgian army to prepare for war against Russia through arms deals, training of infantry units and security advice.” (War in Georgia: The Israeli connection, Ynet News [Israel], 10/08/2008) Israel is firmly aligned with the U.S./NATO/allied bloc. As this bloc is moving towards an eventual military confrontation with Iran, Syria, China and the Russian Federation, Russian analysts are correct to focus on countering the capabilities of this bloc. As Israel is integrated into allied missile architecture, plays a key role in the expansion of this architecture (being involved in allied military operations, missile architecture development and intelligence/training/provision of weapon systems/operational assistance to nations adjacent to Russian borders) and is increasing military strikes within Syria (actions of aggression/escalation), an inadequate response would only serve to embolden such actions, not deter them. The provision of key defensive systems to Syria would be an appropriate response to ongoing hostile actions of Israel. Veritas Vincit p2. - " Exactly nine years ago Tbilisi launched the US-backed Operation "Clear Field" against South Ossetia and Abkhazia..... "The invasion was carefully planned and exercised in the course of joint Georgian-American military drills," the journalist elaborated, "Kiev delivered 'Buk' and 'Tor' missile defense systems to Tbilisi along with Ukrainian combat crews. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) experts also provided their assistance [to Georgia]." (Nine Years After Georgia-Russia War, 'NATO Hustle in Caucasus Looks Suspicious', SputnikNews, 08/08/2017) - "An Economic War Between Superpowers is Reaching a Global Scale..... In the U.S., an Institute of Economic Warfare (IEW) exists..... It is created by the neocons, and one of leading ideologist’s of which is a former Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle [closely affiliated with Benjamin Netanyahu]..... a large-scale economic war has unfolded against Russia." (The End of the Market, South Front, 30/11/2015) - "what David Petraeus has done for counter-insurgency warfare, Stuart Levey [succeeded by others as listed below] has done for economic warfare" [Senator Joe Lieberman]. Other key individuals involved in economic warfare operations against Russia and other states include: Steven Terner Mnuchin, Jack Lew, David Cohen, Stuart Levey, Adam Szubin, Philip Goldberg, Daniel Glaser, Sigal Mandelker, etc..... (Individuals commonly referred to as 'Israel firsters') That Israeli strategic analysts regularly refer to the Russian Federation as an adversary (indeed, often an enemy nation) speaks for itself. A geo-strategic reality is that Israel is firmly aligned with the U.S./NATO/Partnership member bloc. Israel (in collaboration with U.S./NATO bloc operations) is also involved in regime change operations within Russia (efforts to install aligned political assets to engineer a client state also facilitating the planned acquisition/exploitation of Russian resources/assets [as previously achieved after the dissolution of the Soviet Union through supported assets]). It is actively involved in allied operations to sabotage Russian energy supplies (being involved in allied pipeline projects that seek to replace Russian pipeline distribution routes). The U.S./NATO/Israel bloc is also engaged in destabilisation operations (efforts to engineer civil protests/unrest/uprisings, involving the application of colour revolution technology) and partition operations (through the covert support of separatist and militant groups). In the event of direct conflict between military blocs, Israel will be fully aligned with and integrated into the operations of the U.S./NATO bloc (as it currently is). Russian analysts no doubt recognise this reality. Ezee Nucmed · Our Lady of The Cosa Nostra likely the bear is aware this vermin activity and has been poised to strike and since the bear believes in efficient strikes , it is patiently waiting for the right time. Tatarewicz: Israel can depend on military support from U-S block because American neocon and other Jews make sure only Democrats and Republicans who pledge loyalty to Israel get the necessary funding, media and campaign support to get elected to Congress.
Same for the US
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