I’m sure they prefer ISIS!!
‘I prefer ISIS’: Iran’s terror infrastructure is greater threat to Israel – defense minister
Anti-aircraft
missile S-200 being launched during a war game from an unknown
location in Iran. © Iran's Army / Reuters
RT,
20
January,2016
Israel
continues to express bitter sentiment over the diplomatic victory
that secured the nuclear accord with Tehran: The country's defense
minister stated that Tehran's nuclear ambitions and “terror
infrastructure” are a bigger threat than Islamic State.
Speaking
at the Institute for National Security Studies' (INSS) conference in
Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon stressed that "Iran
is our main enemy,” and
if he were to choose between Iran and Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIS/ISIL) in an open conflict, he would "prefer
ISIS."
The
logic seems simple, as IS will be eventually be defeated, while Iran
continues to pose a threat with its new rapprochement with the West.
.@bogie_yaalon: Iranian terror infrastructure today is located on five continents #inss2016
“[Tehran]
is a rogue regime with designs on a regional hegemony. Hezbollah is
Iran's proxy, with the ability to declare war. Iran currently has
terror infrastructure in place in five continents: Asia, Africa,
Europe and both in South and North America,"
Ya'alon explained, refuting IDF's chief's claims at the conference
that new opportunities could arise as a result of the nuclear
agreement reached in July 2015 between Iran and a group of world
powers, the P5+1.
שר הביטחון @bogie_yaalon: "איראן פועלת בשנתיים האחרונות לפתוח חזית בגולן מאזור שנשלט ע"י המשטר הסורי בלבד"
The
historical agreement was hammered out after more than a decade of
intense diplomatic bargaining. At the end, the agreement placed
strict limits on Iran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for the lifting
of western sanctions.
Iran
agreed to a 15-year moratorium on enriching uranium beyond 3.67
percent. The enrichment would be conducted only at the Natanz
facility, while the Fordo facility would not conduct any enrichment
activities or store fissile material. Iran also agreed to store no
more than 300 kg of low-enriched uranium. The Arak reactor would not
be used to produce plutonium under the deal. The spent fuel would be
handled by international mediators.
Yet
despite a clear diplomatic victory, Ya'alon claimed on Tuesday that
the nuclear agreement only "pushed
back the clock from three months to one year” and
that “if
Iran feels economically secure, it can breakout and produce a bomb
even faster."
.@bogie_yaalon: #Iran has become central player because of the #nucleardeal and has escaped international isolation #inss2016
Iran,
he claimed is becoming a key player in the region as the country
supports Damascus against a large insurgency. Ya'alon says that Iran
is a key source of instability in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen,
Bahrain, and Gaza.
While
acknowledging Russia's role in Syria, the defense minister praised
American-led achievements in making ISIS“suffer
serious defeats in Iraq and Syria."
.@bogie_yaalon: We believe that #ISIS territorial control in #Iraq and #Syria will be crushed. May move to #Libya #inss2016
“We
believe ISIS will be eventually defeated territoriality after the
blows it has been suffering, and in light of the attacks on its oil
reserves,” Ya'alon
said.
But
a final victory over IS will only come if world powers support a
ground offensive by focusing to “strengthen
local forces with 'boots on the ground,' like the Kurds are
doing," he
added.
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