Oct 14, 2024, 17:32
Projectiles from Iran intercepted by Israel fly through the sky above Jerusalem, on Oct. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
(Global Times) If the US deploys a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in Israel, the regional crisis and ongoing conflicts could worsen as the deployment could further break the balance of power in the region, analysts said on Sunday.
Washington is reportedly considering deploying the system to protect Israel as the US ally's bloody operations in the region have resulted in retaliations from Iran and other armed groups in the Middle East.
A US official told The Times of Israel that US President Joe Biden's administration is considering transferring the THAAD systems to Israel, "but adds that a decision has not yet been made," the Israeli media reported on Sunday.
Earlier, several Israeli reports claimed that the US will deploy the anti-ballistic missile system in Israel - including sending American troops to Israeli soil to operate it - as part of preparations for the "expected Israeli response to Iran's recent missile attack."
By attacking Iran and other anti-Israel forces in the region, Israel is purposefully building a dangerous security environment for itself and deliberately making as many enemies as possible. This will force the US to spend more resources to protect Israel and will win more support and supplies from the US. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is firm in his belief that the US will unconditionally protect Israel, which is why Israel has no concern about acting so aggressively, analysts said.
Currently, Israel is closely coordinating with the US, which shows Israel understands the US does not want to be involved directly in the ongoing crisis. Therefore, Israel is taking advantage of the US mind-set to bargain with Washington for more support, such as the THAAD system. Perhaps the reason why Israel is yet to attack Iran is that it is waiting for a US pledge of new support, Li Xinggang, a research fellow at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim at Zhejiang International Studies University, told the Global Times on Sunday.
If THAAD is deployed in the region, Iran's deterrent toward Israel will be weakened and Israel will be able to conduct more direct and assertive actions against Iran and other regional countries without concern. This would break the balance of power in the region and will force Tehran to take actions to prevent this from happening, said a Beijing-based military expert who asked for anonymity on Sunday.
Now, US officials have dropped their calls for a cease-fire in the region, arguing that circumstances have changed, Reuters reported on Sunday. "We do support Israel launching these incursions to degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure so ultimately we can get a diplomatic resolution," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a press briefing on Wednesday.
The course change reflects conflicting US goals - containing the ever-growing Middle East conflict while also severely weakening the Iran-backed Hezbollah, Reuters reported.
Film footage shows that over 80% of the missiles hit their target and the damage to military infrastructure is considerable. Iran only attacked military targets, not civilian ones. This distinguishes Iran from the real terrorist state, which has probably systematically killed over 100,000 civilians since last October.
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The Israelis’ miraculous Iron Dome may be suitable against old Quds missiles, but they are practically ineffective against modern Iranian missiles, as the last attack showed.
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Many observers assessed that Iran’s latest missile strike exposed the limits of Israel’s famous Iron Dome. The footage that they saw and Israel’s panicked reaction afterwards in trying to cover up the damage, including by detaining Grayzone journalist Jeremy Loffredo and then investigating him for “aiding the enemy in a time of war” by reporting on it, leave little doubt that this is the case. Accordingly, the Iron Dome needs all the help it can get, hence why Israel requested that the US deploy THAAD to assist.
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In fact, the Great Satan acquired the Iron Dome for assessment and found it was krap.
Many are losing patience with the psychotic illegitimate state of New Izrael and it's sadistic war crimes, including Jews around the World, some of whom have always been opposed to its illegal creation.
The UK has imposed sanctions on several Israeli settler outposts and organizations in the West Bank, calling on the Jewish state to crack down on violence against Palestinian residents.
- UK blacklists ‘extremist’ Israeli settler outposts
Macron reportedly told French cabinet ministers at a meeting on Tuesday that “Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created by a UN decision,” referring to the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1947 on the plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
- Netanyahu rows with Macron over Israel’s origins
Israel’s prime minister, while standing on stage at the UN general assembly, denounced the body as “contemptible”, a “house of darkness” and a “swamp of antisemitic bile”.
Israel’s outgoing ambassador to the UN shredded a copy of the UN charter with a miniature paper shredder while also standing at the podium of the general assembly, and later said the UN headquarters in New York “should be closed and wiped off the face of the Earth”.
Israel’s foreign minister falsely accused the UN secretary general of not having condemned Iran’s attacks on Israel, declared him “persona non grata in Israel” and announced that he had “banned him from entering the country”.
The Israeli government actively obstructed a UN-mandated commission of inquiry trying to collect evidence on the 7 October attacks.
Israel’s parliament is in the process of designating a longstanding UN agency, Unrwa, as a “terrorist organization”.
The Israeli military has bombed UN schools, warehouses and refugee camps in Gaza for 12 consecutive months, and killed a record 228 UN employees in the process. “By far the highest number of our personnel killed in a single conflict or natural disaster since the creation of the United Nations,” to quote the UN secretary general.
The Israeli military is now also attacking UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. According to the UN, “five UN ‘Blue Helmets’ serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon have been injured as Israeli forces inflicted damage on UN positions close to the ‘Blue Line’.”
How is any of this OK? Acceptable? Legal?
- Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
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In fact, as lewrockwell.com has pointed out, Great Satan law prohibits supply of arms to the illegitimate state of New Izrael as it's blocking humanitarian aid and two of its own departments have reported that this is what's happening.
Many are now predicting the end of the illegitimate state of New Izrael, including one retired izraeli general, Scott Ritter, Chuck Baldwin and Pepe Escobar.
Already there's an exodus from the illegitimate state, which is also an international pariah. Destruction of infrastructure would only hasten the collapse of this abomination.
Due to tolerance or support from the US, Israel's actions are becoming increasingly outrageous, said experts, as now Israeli forces are firing at UN peacekeeping forces in the region.
"Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning," said the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated "Blue Line" of separation between the two countries which they patrol, according to the UN.
"UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions have been repeatedly hit," the UN mission said in a statement. "This morning, two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL's headquarters in Naqoura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations on Sunday to evacuate troops in its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon, Reuters reported.
The more one-sided the support the US offers, the more outrageously Netanyahu's administration will act, and the more dangerous, isolated and hated Israel will be in the region and among the international community, experts noted.
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