'Skirmishes' - Israel's Syria Blitz

[Póg mo 1,749]

A key 'mainstream' media theme in covering the Israeli army's repeated massacres of unarmed, non-violent Palestinian civilians protesting Israel's military occupation in Gaza – killing journalists, a paramedic, the elderly and children – has been the description of these crimes as 'clashes'.

This has been a clear attempt to obfuscate the fact that while two groups of people are involved, only one group is being killed and wounded.

To the casual reader – and many readers do not venture beyond the headlines – a 'clash' suggests that both sides are armed, with both suffering casualties. One would not, for example, describe a firing squad as a 'clash'. There was no 'clash' in New York on September 11, 2001, and so on.

Following Israel's massive blitz on more than 100 targets in Syria on May 10, 'mainstream' coverage offered similarly questionable frameworks of understanding. A Guardian headline read:

'Israel retaliates after Iran "fires 20 rockets" at army in occupied Golan Heights' (Our emphasis)

For moral, legal and public relations reasons, the issue of which side started a conflict is obviously crucial. If the public recognises that the case for war is unjustified, immoral or illegal – that a country has chosen to launch a war of aggression - they will likely oppose it, sometimes in the millions, as happened in 2002 and 2003 in relation to the Iraq war. It is thus highly significant that the Guardian described Israel as retaliating.

The BBC reported of Israel's attacks:

'They came after 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military positions in the occupied Golan Heights.' (Our emphasis)

Reuters took the same line as the Guardian and BBC:

'Iran targets Israeli bases across Syrian frontier, Israel pounds Syria

'Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli forces in the Golan Heights early on Thursday, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli barrages in Syria since the conflict there began in 2011.' (Our emphasis)

The New York Times also reported:

'It was a furious response to what Israel called an Iranian rocket attack launched from Syrian territory just hours earlier.' (Our emphasis)

And yet, the report buried a challenge to its own claim that Israel had retaliated in the second half of the piece:

'Iran's rocket attack against Israel came after what appeared to have been an Israeli missile strike against a village in the Syrian Golan Heights late on Wednesday.' (Our emphasis)

According to the BBC (see below), the Israeli missile strike had targeted an Iranian drone facility killing several Iranians.

So, actually, it might be said that Iran was retaliating to Israeli attacks – a more reasonable interpretation, given recent history also described by the New York Times:

'Israel has conducted scores of strikes on Iran and its allies inside Syria, rarely acknowledging them publicly.'

Continued on link http://www.medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/2018/871-skirmishes-israel-s-syria-blitz.html

[OriZ 3,157]

 

 

Hey I'll just throw this one in there:

 

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/with-iran-in-syria-israel-launched-world-s-first-air-strike-using-f-35-stealth-fighters-1.6110706

 

Because someone's gotta be the first to test that thing...

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

21 minutes ago, OriZ said:

 

 

Hey I'll just throw this one in there:

 

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/with-iran-in-syria-israel-launched-world-s-first-air-strike-using-f-35-stealth-fighters-1.6110706

 

Because someone's gotta be the first to test that thing...

I like how they were like "Unfortunately, Syrian air defense systems fired over 100 antiaircraft missiles at our planes and in response we destroyed their antiaircraft batteries,". Not a single one of those were able to hit the dang plane.

 

Hey a good thing though is that Fauda is coming back for Season 2 on Netflix. I really liked that show.

Edited May 24, 2018 by Cyberfx1024

[OriZ 3,157]

1 hour ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I like how they were like "Unfortunately, Syrian air defense systems fired over 100 antiaircraft missiles at our planes and in response we destroyed their antiaircraft batteries,". Not a single one of those were able to hit the dang plane.

 

Hey a good thing though is that Fauda is coming back for Season 2 on Netflix. I really liked that show.

Yeah, considering Syria has the most crowded anti aircraft system in the world, it's quite the feat how freely they are able to operate in there, oftentimes with the Russians well aware. Even the F-15's with the exception of the one fluke they have not really been able to pose much threat to them.

 

I heard good things about Fauda but never watched it myself. I don't have time for many shows lol

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

1 hour ago, OriZ said:

Yeah, considering Syria has the most crowded anti aircraft system in the world, it's quite the feat how freely they are able to operate in there, oftentimes with the Russians well aware. Even the F-15's with the exception of the one fluke they have not really been able to pose much threat to them.

 

I heard good things about Fauda but never watched it myself. I don't have time for many shows lol

 

A couple reasons for that is because the Russians haven't been targeting the Israelis supposedly. Either through a prearranged agreement with Netanyahu or just because they don't want the world to see the capabilities of their vaulted S400 system or lack of capabilities.

 

I heard about Fauda from a guy I listen to in CA. He is known for his Foreign Policy intelligence and is a radio host for KFI. He highly recommended it and to watch it with no english but with subtitles. 

 

Check out Bryan Suits  and The Dark secret place sometime.

[OriZ 3,157]

24 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

A couple reasons for that is because the Russians haven't been targeting the Israelis supposedly. Either through a prearranged agreement with Netanyahu or just because they don't want the world to see the capabilities of their vaulted S400 system or lack of capabilities.

 

I heard about Fauda from a guy I listen to in CA. He is known for his Foreign Policy intelligence and is a radio host for KFI. He highly recommended it and to watch it with no english but with subtitles. 

 

Check out Bryan Suits  and The Dark secret place sometime.

No, the Russians haven't been targeting Israeli planes, there is a mechanism of communication in place which has been working surprisingly well so far. That said, Israel wouldn't hesitate to attack when necessary with a well working mechanism or without one. There are many technologies added to the planes in Israel most of which we don't even know about (I worked on tanks and we did the same there, Israel always "customizes" things to suit its needs), and highly trained pilots, all with the intention of being capable of handling whatever it may be, even the s300 or s400. So even if things fell through I say good luck to them 

 

 

Will have to check those out if I ever find the time lol

Edited May 24, 2018 by OriZ