Israel can expect unqualified support from the Trump Administration in the event of a rocket bombardment from Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, according to a senior Administration official.
The official was asked how the Trump Administration would respond in the event of a war between Israel and Hezbollah in which Israel was compelled to attack Hezbollah rockets behind human shields and inflict a very large number of civilian casualties.
The answer was that the Administration’s unqualified support for Israel’s right to defend itself in Gaza would apply to Hezbollah as well. Not only would the US support Israel diplomatically, but the US would contribute to Israel’s missile defense along the lines of this year’s Operation Juniper Cobra exercise. Presumably, Iran and Hezbollah know this, which makes a war on the northern front unlikely.
According to the Israel Defense Forces website, “Hezbollah militants and arms are systematically embedded in civilian areas and urban population centers. Hundreds of arms depots, thousands of militants, and tens of thousands of rockets are distributed throughout Southern Lebanon alone, an area characterized by its dense Shiite population.”
Juniper Cobra is a five-day joint military exercise, which has in recent years provided training for the potential event of a ballistic missile attack from Iran. The exercises have been conducted every two years since 2001, most recently in March of this year.
America’s energetic backing for Israel may explain Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reluctance to escalate the present conflict in Gaza. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned last week in protest against Netanyahu’s decision to call a ceasefire with the Hamas government in Gaza rather than exact a severe penalty for the hundreds of Gazan rockets launched at Israeli civilian targets.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, meanwhile, threatened to take the Israel Home Party out of the coalition and force new elections unless he were appointed Defense Minister, but backed down from the threat after Netanyahu took on the Defense portfolio personally.
Trump Administration officials believe that the Hamas government in Gaza will remain a major annoyance rather than an existential threat to Israel, and that Israel does not want to accept the significant number of military casualties that would result from an invasion of the enclave.
Hamas can’t be stopped from the air, and the cost of a ground incursion would be substantial. With the most pro-Israel US Administration in history, Netanyahu remains in a strong position against Iran and Hezbollah, and can afford a degree of caution in dealing with Gaza, they believe.
ISRAEL WILL COME TO ITS SENCES ,NEVER.THE PROTOCOLS ARE WORKING AND THE FINISH IS HERE NOW. GAZA GONE AND HEZZBOLAH IS SILENCED!!IRAN IS THE TARGET TO FINISH THE PROTOCOLS!!
ISRAEL WILL COME TO ITS SENCES ,NEVER.THE PROTOCOLS ARE WORKING AND THE FINISH IS HERE NOW. GAZA GONE AND HEZZBOLAH IS SILENCED!!IRAN IS THE TARGET TO FINISH THE PROTOCOLS!!
Ronald A Vasco WHERE IN HELL DID YOU COME FROM PAL?/. DO YOU NOT REMEMBER 2006 ,YOU IGNORANT ZIONIST TROLL!!THE JEWS LOST BIG TIME AND 200 OFFICERS WHERE EITHER FIRED OR IMPRISONED BY THE ISRALEI ZIONIST REGIME WAKE UP PAL!!
Ronald A Vasco WHERE IN HELL DID YOU COME FROM PAL?/. DO YOU NOT REMEMBER 2006 ,YOU IGNORANT ZIONIST TROLL!!THE JEWS LOST BIG TIME AND 200 OFFICERS WHERE EITHER FIRED OR IMPRISONED BY THE ISRALEI ZIONIST REGIME WAKE UP PAL!!
there is no israel. it is a mass cemetery
In short, a parasite needs a host.
In short, a parasite needs a host.
Israel doesn’t engaged a war into a non state adversary like the Hezbollah, Iran is the target of Israel and the US. .
Israel doesn’t engaged a war into a non state adversary like the Hezbollah, Iran is the target of Israel and the US. .
You skipped the 6 days war and Yom Kippur war in history class and claim Israel doesn’t learn from history
The sick Zionists never learn from history….this psychotic administration will be gone in 2 years and collapse of Saudi Barbarians is around the corner… Israel will soon come to its senses.
The sick Zionists never learn from history….this psychotic administration will be gone in 2 years and collapse of Saudi Barbarians is around the corner… Israel will soon come to its senses.
If the job is done, what’s the need to be dependent on Uncle Sam? eg if your plumbing never clogs or leaks, how would the plumber make money?
If the job is done, what’s the need to be dependent on Uncle Sam? eg if your plumbing never clogs or leaks, how would the plumber make money?
All we have been hearing since the 80s is how the IDF is going to crush Hez. Over 40 yrs later and unqualified support from America the whole time, we keep hearing this….
All we have been hearing since the 80s is how the IDF is going to crush Hez. Over 40 yrs later and unqualified support from America the whole time, we keep hearing this….
Yes, Israel did not go into Gaza because they knew they would lose and they can’t afford to let that cat out of the bag. Netanyahu is not in a position of strength but weakness. The technology of missiles has caught up with Israel, but nobody wants to admit or worse show it.
Yes, Israel did not go into Gaza because they knew they would lose and they can’t afford to let that cat out of the bag. Netanyahu is not in a position of strength but weakness. The technology of missiles has caught up with Israel, but nobody wants to admit or worse show it.
Lol….Israel is in no position to fight hezb, let alone Iran. This is a joke! Iran and its allies have beaten all Israeli/ Sawdi/ Turkish islamic terrorist proxies to a pulp.
Lol….Israel is in no position to fight hezb, let alone Iran. This is a joke! Iran and its allies have beaten all Israeli/ Sawdi/ Turkish islamic terrorist proxies to a pulp.