Opinion  Ron Ben-Yishai
Prepared for a conflict with Russia, Israel is pushing Trump to take action in Syria
Ron Ben-Yishai
Published: 10.04.18, 23:49
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1. This is a fake spat for Russia's Muslim allies consumption
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (04.11.18)
2. Iran/Euros put Israel to the test. It will end badly.
josrech ,   la   (04.11.18)
3. Assad's or Rebel's chemical weapons
Franklin Paredes ,   Quito   (04.11.18)
Whenever Syria gains ground against rebels, the US (deep state) fabricates a chemical case against Assad.Turkey was smuggling chemical components for Isis not long ago.
In addition to that rebels forces were trained by the US on the use of chemical weapons on US soil!
https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sc12777.doc.htm
Turkish MP declaration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoQPtub9eLs
4. Chemical attack
Franklin Paredes ,   Quito   (04.11.18)
(The canister shown in Ynet page, is of a german made product by Merck http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news/world-news/2347-breaking-news-false-flag-confirmed-chlorine-gas-used-for-chemical-attack-in-syria-was-made-in-germany-by-merck-corporation). Whenever Syria gains ground against rebels, the US (deep state) fabricates a chemical case against Assad.Turkey was smuggling chemical components for Isis not long ago.
https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sc12777.doc.htm
Turkish MP declaration:https:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoQPtub9eLs
5. I beg to differ
Tehraniporou   (04.11.18)
I usually agree with Ron analysis but I find that the premises of the analysis to be so Israel centric that it misses the point to some extent according to me. Israel cannot wake up every five minute and declar xyz is an existential threat. Assad is an existential threat to its own people but It is not an existential threat to Israel otherwise the idf would have acted long ago. Again I think that the analogy with world war 2 should be put to rest. I am really fed up that the average despot is compared to Hitler. Nazi Germany was an incomparable event in human history and it should be taught as an exceptional event. If you start banalising Hitler then the gravity of event is put under the rug and that is especially an issue with the younger generation. Finally it’s grotesque to portray putin as a global threat to world peace. Putin is an opportunitic cynical leader but at least he is levelheaded. He is the prototype of the good kgb agent in the ddr. Putin will never back a chemical weapon strike on israe, he is allied with iran for military purpose and commercial reason as well. Israel cannot expect all the state in the world to abide by its interests the us included. Labelling everything as an existential threat conveys the message that there isn’t a real existential threat to Israel. Unless I ma mistaken that’s the assessment of eisenkot. Otherwise should an exploitation of oil and gas detrimental to leviathan and Tamar be also an existential threat. Israel face strategic issues, one of them being the Russian Iranian alliance. The other longer term issue is the increasingly partisan nature of the debate on Israel standing in the us thanks to itsnotmeyahuuu and the unresolved Paliwood issue not to mention the number of Israelis in the upper middle class who are fed up of conflict and choose to live outside Israel. And in the Middle East Israel will need to accept that it is a technological power but it will not remain unchallenged and I am not talking militarily. Nahum Barnea humourously once said that before the challenge was to overcome reluctant us president now the challenge seems to be to overcome a us president that usually parrots everything nutsyahuuuu says.
6. WHAT A STUPID TITLE THIS ONE IS!!!
Iranian Jew ,   LALA LAND   (04.11.18)
ISRAEL also warned against 911 and US did nothiong about it. Actually, lots of idiots create conspiracy theories about Israel having her hands in it. This title suggest that Isarel literlly makes USA to go war. This is dumb journalism and pure evil to try to create some fiction of ones imagination. USA WILL ONLY GO TO WAR FOR OIL & SELLIGN GUNS. TINY ISRAEL CAN'T MAKE THE GIANT MILIRATRY OF US FOLLOW ITS ORDERS. It is dumb to assume so, and too careless to write or boast about it.
7. We will NOT be maneuvered deeper into that friggin' morass
Cameron   (04.11.18)
Assad & chemical weapons are on Putin, not us.

His burden.
8. False Flag... Chlorine "Bomb" made in Germany by Merc
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, MN USA   (04.11.18)
http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news/world-news/2347-breaking-news-false-flag-confirmed-chlorine-gas-used-for-chemical-attack-in-syria-was-made-in-germany-by-merck-corporation
9. Russia has submarines near the USS Donald Cook and may
Rivkah   (04.11.18)
attack that ship if President Trump orders airstrikes in Syria. If this escalates into war, warn the troops not to eat pig or drink alcohol or eat other meats since most meats in the USA are halal, dedicated to Allah (unclean to haShem). Eat kosher meats.
10. A well reasoned analysis
Shep ,   Memphis   (04.11.18)
I agree totally. Israel has no choice because Syria is morphing into a malignant existential threat. Trump has no choice but to intervene militarily because to leave Syria to the Russians, Iranians and Turks would destroy any credibility we had. Obama's BS "red line" in Syria would be nothing compared to Trump cutting and running and leaving a hot mess behind.
11. Either way iran wants war better now than later
(04.11.18)
12. true?
Momo   (04.11.18)
So every time when Assd had nealry won he use gas?do you belive this?

And for WW2 you better read some original documents.
It is always sayed that Hitler and Stalin split Poland and the Balticum.the true is Germany thinked that the Soviet paper will say the Balticum will stay neutral.When Ribbentrop saw it he was shocked and didnt want to give his name under the paper.First he called Berlin.
But things in Poland gone bad(read english,italian etc. papers.Poland treated Jews,Germans,Ukrainians very badly and many where killed.In this time also many jews fleed to germany.Poland stopped the german trains that east prussia needed,POland wanted only polish money but germany had no.So east prussia run out of coal from that cme from Silesia.)AND NOW IT CAMES:DANZIG-AH wanted to made a Deal WITH POland,that the City in one way will be german but on the other POlish.-Some hours after the German Soviet Deal the US PRESIDENT knew about it because of a spy!!!!And did you know what he sayed?MAKE NO DEAL ABOUT DANZIG!And that was the start of WW2.

ANd for WW1.The Austrian King send a Diplomat for the the Russian King for PEACE.But who was faster?Did you know it?If not read it.And thus faster guy made the Russian King belive that WAR was better.
Oh and why they wanted this?Did you heard about it?
13. Trump's the wrong man for israel to expect anything effectiv
Tayfun Torunoglu ,   istanbul   (04.11.18)
All recent pro-israeli gestures from Trump cornered by a probe into russian relation with his campaign are not sustainable.
usa zionist abuse this investigation which threatens impeachment if inquiry results negatively for Trump. however it is a weak 'trump' at hand.
a week ago Trump decided to get out of Syrian guagmire but Netenyahu objected and without no doubd israil made chemical attack by its agents in syria. previous chemical attack was also made by israil. one or two years ago. blamed Assad!
I say it will break! it is not sustainable.
14. Secondly i like it when you present the complexity of things
Tehraniporou   (04.11.18)
you dont have on one side angels and on the other side the devils.During the iran iraq war french, german and indian companies sold chemical weapons to iraq that used it against iran, The world was not shaking then, it is funny to see it wake up after years of civil war that it willingly ignored. The axis is winning adn they will claim their dividends adn the world wakes up in panic. It is just to say that Nothing is black and white. If historical comparisons are needed lets also remind the time the good guys the us gov financed sandinists selling cocaine to buy weapons, or the overthrow of allende. Let s also state that finding israeli made weapons in syria is Strange. In iran during mossadegh the Brits sanctioned iran when it nationalised the oïl and ironically with the help of the US that readily backstabbed their own ally her majestys government, iran broke the sanctions regime at the time it was labelled a "good behaving and obeying ally".Again here, without being paranoid, I just dont see the military rationale for the syrian regime and first and foremost his backers (regardless of any characterization of their regime or policies) at this time that they are winning the civil war and in the midst of the announced departure of the us troops, to use chemical weapons that will trigger a strong response. Trump had at least demonstrated that he was not Obama on syria and he was willing to act. I really think that the mist is not cleared....
15. "special friend"?
Avi L.   (04.11.18)
16. Ben-Yishai: represents dramatic raising of stakes by Israel
Rafi ,   US   (04.11.18)
Is Assad's use of chem weapons in Douma really an immediate threat... to Israel? Didn't Syria have much larger chemical stockpiles years ago? Why is this worse now?

It is one thing for Israel to take on Syria, Hezbollah and even Iran... but Russia?

Kremlin is 100% evil... but that's a problem for the US to confront, first & foremost.

Has this been thought thru clearly enough?

Meanwhile spare us the Hitler - Sudetenland analogies... we are now in the nuclear age, not 1938: direct confrontation can lead to the entire world smoldering in smoke & ashes.

17. Russia has become a rogue state
C   (04.11.18)
the use of weapons of mass destruction is a crime against humanity
and a sin against all peoples and g-d.

putin has already used polonium 210 to murder an opponent in london.
recently, he has used highly advanced nerve agent to poison an
opponent in salisbury, uk.

in syria, putin is protecting assad who uses chemical weapons to
murder civilians, including children.

the democratic, humanistic west must stop the use of weapons
of mass destruction.
it is unacceptable that the use of chemical weapons be legitimised.
what is happening in syria and what has happened in the uk
could happen anywhere in the world.
israel most certainly cannot live under the threat of weapons
of mass destruction or their use by assad and his iranian
collaborators.
18. llibemn and bennett
igor   (04.11.18)
all citizens should have or acquire gas masks. assume Syria and Hezbollah have rocket loaded gas munitions. i don't address this to bibi because he is clueless. erdan, bennett and lieberman-drive to have alll israelis have gas masks at the ready.

get off your tuches and start distribution of masks to all.
19. Finally...
yosef ,   jerusalem   (04.11.18)
This is one of the rare articles on Ynet, that is truly informed, intelligently written, even thought-provoking. Thanks, much !
20. Let's hope this is not Israel politics
Avi L.   (04.11.18)
Let's hope this is not Israel politics but just some irresponsible article by a journalism prize winner.

Directly antagonize the second world nuclear power?
While Israel's ally, the other "special friend", doesn't look so reliable nor stable?

While everybody is rightly worried about a nuclear Iran, this article sounds like provoking a USSR that, in its military doctrine, doesn't consider the use of nukes as leading forcibly to a global extermination.

This article goes in the opposite direction of government restrain in not naming Russia in relation to the recent UK poisoning.

Why publish such irresponsible stuff?
21. Russia has been using Israel as a doormat
Shachar ,   Eilat   (04.11.18)
for the last few years. Evett and Bibi have made frequent pilgrimages to the czar in the Kremlin who has listened patiently and used all understandings for toilet paper. Israel waited far too long before drawing a red line with the Russians and that has let Iran deep into Syria....and that is going to continue to be a serious problem....
22. SYRIA, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   HOORN IN HOLLAND   (04.11.18)
IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT IS SOMETHING FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE. OTHERWISE, BECAUSE SYRIA ALSO HAS A UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP, IT IS FOR THAT INSTITUTION TOO, TO ASSIST THAT COUNTRY, TO END THE INTERNAL AND CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA. ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE., 2018,SJOERD RUURD VAN DER VELDE.
23. Russia's presence in Syria must be undermined
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv   (04.11.18)
The West - Israel, USA, France, and the UK, made a strategic mistake of allowing the Russians entering Syria - with little or no resistance, and letting the Russians stay in Syria -with little or no resistance. This creates a dangerous precedent which most likely sends a signal to Putin that he's free to send Russian troops wherever he wants.

The West should contain Russia and limit its presence in the world just like the West did during the Cold War.

If Russia can instill fear into Western hearts with military force, the West can certainly do the same to Russia. Russia is not an all powerful, allmighty supernatural entity with mystical powers and abilities.

Why should the West and the rest of the world constantly fear everything Russia says or does and why should Russia constantly act with impunity? Russia acts with impunity because Israel, USA, France, the UK, Europe, Canada and pretty much the rest of the world, allows Russia to act with impunity.

Russian nukes can destroy the West, but Western nukes can destroy Russia as well. Noone wants a nuclear war, but this is not a one sided conflict. Russia can threaten the West and the West can indeed threaten Russia right back.

USSR had a military presence in Cuba and built nuclear missiles pointed at mainlan America, which lead to the Cuban Missiles Crisis in October 1962.
The Russians were forced to back down due to American pressure.

From 1945 until 1991, there was constantly a danger of nuclear war between USA and Soviet Russia. Somehow they managed to avoid a nuclear war. They used proxies but rarely if ever confronted each other directly on the battlefield.

That's maybe what things will look like today as well.

How to force the Russians out of Syria? Boycotts, sanctions and the threats to use military force against Russia itself, sending in American,British and French troops to Syria and using the nuclear deterrence against Russia.

Renew the American missiles defense program in Eastern Europe and point them at Moscow.
24. Fool me once...
Michael Foster River ,   Honolulu   (04.11.18)
Okay, so Assad has all but won the war in Syria, ISIS and Al Qaeda (supported by the US) are on the run, and we are expected to believe that Assad would attack a hospital full of children with poison gas, knowing that this would allow the US to re-invade his country?!?

You are some special kind of stupid if you believe that one!
25. Another Western funded False Flag to take out Assad
Shlomo Walfish   (04.11.18)
How can you blame Assad for gassing his own people with NO evidence? The same fake media accusing him and "Amn​esty International" are Accusing Israel of war Crimes and murdering innocent Palestinians in Gaza Right NOW!
​See: https://www.amnesty.org/.../israel-and-occupied.../​
Are you seriously going to believe their accusations again​t​ Assad but not against Israel???

Why don't you listen to what Assad has to say before ​suggesting to bomb his county?

Syria's Assad & US Reporter battle over Human Rights Violations/War Crimes
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BODuOLs0YkA​

Russia warned that the ​deep state in the ​west would carry out a false flag gas attack in Syria 3 weeks ago. They fund and arm ISIS and the rebels to do it then blame Assad.
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmYCgK2zHCI​

They were caught doing false flag gas attacks 2 times already in the past and​ tried​ to blame it on Assad​ to invoke a war and get rid of him​. Do you really think Assad is a stupid moron like Saddam Hussein??? He Has NO motive to gas his own people and invite world war 3 to his country and the middle​ east​​​. ​
He was winning the war against ISIS and the Rebels with Russias help. The LAST thing he would want is the world to bomb and invade Syria.​

Do you really want to help ISIS???
​I am not saying the Assad is a Great Tzadik. But he is a western trained and educated Doctor and sane.
​If you were Prime Minister, you should CALL Assad, talk to him, tell him to STOP helping Hezbollah and Iran, then offer to work with him and Russia to stop ISIS rebels and Mercenaries who did this​ and who threaten the entire middle east.
​You can even call him as a freedom candidate from Israel NOW!!!

WikiLeaks​ exposed ​Criminal ​Hillary Clinton send a ship full of arms and weapons from Benghazi to Syria to arm the ISIS rebels against Assad.​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFh14ORsmMs

Arms Dealer Ties Hillary To Arming Isis In Libya, Syria
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwGqi8Wd7mE​

​Ted Gunderson former FBI director said most terror attacks in the USA are false flag operations orchestrated by the FBI and CIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbhT8kHdwk​

Learn about false flag attacks and the deep state from the west funding it before ​suggesting to start world war 3




26. RED writing..!?- Remember: its bloodthirsty SATANS are writi
(04.12.18)
RED writing..!?- Remember: its bloodthirsty SATANS are writing in RED - in RED BLOOD..!
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