For some bizarre reason, Israel appears to feel compelled to respond to vicious and baseless rumors spread by regional Arab leaders, including in this most recent case, Syria.
Addressing a party faction meeting on Monday, marking the first day of the Knesset summer session, Likud leader Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated Israel has no plans to launch a strike against Syria, explaining he believes this is part of an ongoing effort by Iran and Hizbullah to create a diversion, to redirect the attention of the international community away from additional sanctions against Iran.
The prime minister went on to explain that he remains hopeful that the international community will indeed move ahead with stiff economic sanctions against Iran towards halting Tehran’s nuclear aspirations.
Earlier in the week, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a press conference in Lebanon referred to Israel as the “enemy”, and on a number of cases in recent weeks, Lebanese President Saad Hariri warned that Israel is planning a military strike against his country, warning Jerusalem that Lebanon, Syria and Hizbullah will stand united against Israel.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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But if the rumor were true, they would say the same thing as if the rumor was false, so what’s the point of discussing such matters?
YWN – Your introductory statement “For some bizarre reason, Israel appears to feel compelled to respond to vicious and baseless rumors spread by regional Arab leaders, including in this most recent case, Syria” is not journalism – it is an editorial comment.
Furthermore, you have no way of judging the appropriateness of the decision to issue a statement like this one – the decision was almost certainly made after considering national security information to which you are not privy; back off