By Joel C. Rosenberg
JoelRosenberg.com
Around 2:00am Sunday morning local time, Israeli fighter planes conducted another round of air strikes against Syrian targets. This was the second round of Israeli preemptive strikes in the last 48 to 72 hours.
The targets were in and near the capital city of Damascus, and early reports indicate they included storehouses for advanced missiles that the Assad regime was preparing to transfer to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.
Big Questions:
- Are more Israeli air strikes coming?
- Will the Assad regime—or Hezbollah, or Iran—retaliate? Syrian officials are already calling Israel's actions a "declaration of war."
- Will this trigger a new regional war, or help prevent one by sending a clear message to Israel's enemies not to cross certain red lines?
- How will the Obama administration and other world governments respond?
One thing is clear: Netanyahu is not waiting any longer for Obama to act. Israel is taking the lead in protecting its own national security.
Israeli officials see Syria imploding, and Iran, Hezbollah and other terror forces moving into the vacuum. They see Syria having used chemical weapons twice. Yet neither President Obama nor other world powers are doing anything about it. Israel has decided it cannot wait any longer for Washington.
- Reports: Israel strikes Iranian missiles in Syria • Israel Hayom
- Despite tension in north, PM flies to China • Jerusalem Post
- Syria: Research Center, Two Other Sites Hit • Arutz Sheva
- A look at reasons for Israeli airstrikes in Syria • Businessweek
- Iran calls for Arab countries to unite against Israel • JTA
- Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defenses in the north • Times of Israel
