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Ya'alon: If S-300 shipment leaves, we'll know how to act
Yoav Zitun
Published: 28.05.13, 12:26
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1. S-300 were photographed in Syria by Arab intelligence.
Miron ,   USA   (05.28.13)
Who is this man trying to kid?
2. ignoring the elephant
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (05.28.13)
The S-300 is a serious threat, but like any technological system that can be neutralized. Arab irregulars, from Fatah, Hamas and Hezbollah have caused far more deaths, wounded, economic damages and strategic damage to Israel since 1983 than all advanced weapons systems and all regular Arab armies combined. The irregulars, especially in Judea and Samaria, are by far the greatest threat to Israel yet CGS Gantz told the Knesset that he is unable to do anything about them. If he is serious about Israeli security, Yaalon should fire the self-admitted failure Gantz and find someone who can do the job.
3. If Syria own the S-300
Sarah B ,   Tel Aviv/London   (05.28.13)
Then it is no longer safe to fly in or out of Ben Gurion airport.
4. You will know how to act...
Lynx ,   Palestine   (05.28.13)
You will sit on a S-300.
5. Arab intelligence?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.28.13)
That's a fine oxymoron. That said, I assure you that Israel has eyes everywhere. Israeli eyes. There is not much that happens with respect to the Middle East of which Israel is not aware. Whom are YOU trying to kid?
6. "We'll know how to..." and after the missiles fall on our
tom ,   tel aviv   (05.28.13)
heads it's going to be "We handled in the best POSSIBLE way, given the circumstances"...blah blah. We (the Mob) never ever really know what is going on and that's how we like it (it seems)
7. Where does the Defense Budget money go?
Dee Bee ,   Israel   (05.28.13)
According to report on Israel TV 2 last night much of the Defense Budget goes to the exorbitant pensions that IDF Permanent Force personnel are paid after 20 years of service. Add to this the the fortune handed out for rehab and welfare for people NOT hurt in operations and training, no wonder the IDF has no money! A good example of this is soldiers getting boozed up and then injured in a care crash and the IDF pays for everything! Then add that many senior officers and even NCO who take early retirement and then get senior positions in the public sector and huge jobs in quasi government companies and generals that go into politics, it's no wonder that the deficit is only 60 Billion Shekels!
8. In part why Netanyahu
Sarah B ,   Tel Aviv/London   (05.28.13)
is so against Iran achieving nuclear parity with Israel. Israel cannot afford to get involved in a regional arms race, and with Iron Dome et al that is exactly what it has done.
9. To: No. 3
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.28.13)
Then better leave now, chica. You can be on one of the few planes ferrying people out of Israel. Most of us will be hogging the airlines, coming home.
10. #3 nothing better to do?
(05.28.13)
Why don't you comment about how your country is joining forces with Al Qaeda to kill Christian civilians?
11. #5, Dear Sarah B
Chutia ,   New Delhi, India   (05.28.13)
I think he is trying to kid YOU :)
12. such as the SAM's IAF will know how to jam S-300
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13. Russia is no longer the USSR
USA   (05.28.13)
Russia will decide it's own future (as did the USSR) on how it treats tiny Israel in a sea of crazed Islamic states in the Middle East. God will not be mocked - He blesses and He curses. The scriptures and the lessons of history are clear.
14. confidence at last
marcel   (05.28.13)
ehdu barak would rush out concessoins to the palestinians to stop putin from sending s300. the russians have doublecross in their dna so that putin can smile at bibi while stabbiing intheback. In the end their moslems will take a terrible toll on putin because what comes around goes around. putin of course is sending the s300 to damascus. Yaalon did not cower, he said strongly we''ll find a way. And if putin sends troops to syria, israel will smash them to bits if they get in the way. What a difference between yaalon and ynet trumped up general barak!
15. #5 Sarah B , USA/Israel Racist and anti-muslim
Hassan ,   France   (05.28.13)
You are in yours every comments racists and anti islam ; Careful, because your army is not as strong as you think !! Muslims organize themselves in the world and the world is changing!
16. Russian policy against Muslims.
Ali   (05.28.13)
We understand Chechens, Afgans, and now such strong support of Assad.
17. #15
Mr. Smith ,   U.S.A   (05.28.13)
If it slipped your attention, muslims are very busy killing each other right now...
18. 3 fake sarah b
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (05.28.13)
you believe all propaganda published by the press. worry not, israel has always found ways to counter russian advanced weapons. but if you are so scared, stay in london. just do not wear an army uniform, and you will be dandy.
19. As Ya'alon said, Israel will know what to do.
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (05.28.13)
israel will solve the problem of the s-300 just as she has solved all previous problems related to russian arms transferred to arab terrorists.
20. Iran is the greatest threat facing world peace
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (05.28.13)
obama, who promised on numerous occasions that he will not allow iran to have nuclear weapons, is instituting a policy of containment. obama and the lunatics at the atlantic council live in a world of make belief. they live in a world of make belief in which us enemies have evaporated as if by magic.
21. #20 no obama is not
inconito   (05.29.13)
however as noticed by all US military experts : even if US ever use military option it will fail, it won't prevent a nuclear iran anyway.
22. 21
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (05.29.13)
iran is not russia which has been a nuclear power for decades. iran's nuclear sites can be destroyed. obama lacks leadership skills and courage.
23. S300
asitis ,   england   (05.29.13)
Yet again we have a super power Russia adding fuel to the powder kegg that is the middle east. And who are the sufferers ? The poor Arabs and Jews who are the guinea pigs in the contest of arms between East and West.
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