This WAS coming …..
Everyone following this KNEW this…..
(Even this ole Dog)
Please remember …
The Biden admin in PUBLIC is asking for restraint….
But?
Biden IS making sure Israel gets the hardware to pursue its daily attacks….
(And probably helping them with intel)
Also?
Iran HAS been a pain in the ass for America and just about ALL the other Middle East countries AND Israel…
Folks?
In crude terms?
Israel IS doing a LOT of countries a BIG FAVOR strategically…
BUT?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to inveigh against Iran and its allies, a day after offering mixed signals on efforts by the United States and other nations to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Mr. Netanyahu’s speech came after almost a full year of war in Gaza following the Oct. 7 attack led by Hamas, an Iran-backed group, and as conflict spirals with other Tehran-backed groups including the powerful Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and Houthi forces in Yemen.
“I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran: If you strike us we will strike you,” Mr. Netanyahu said. “There is no place in Iran that long arm of Israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire Middle East.”
World leaders have used the annual U.N. meeting in New York this week to call for an urgent end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, and to warn of the risk of a larger regional war in the Middle East. The cease-fire proposal from the United States and its allies is a possible first step, but its prospects are uncertain and both Israel and Hezbollah have reason to reject it.
Mr. Netanyahu and politicians across the Israeli political spectrum on Thursday appeared to pour cold water on a deal, with the Israeli leader insisting that the military would keep striking Hezbollah militants in Lebanon with “all our might.”
At the U.N., Mr. Netanyahu portrayed defeating Hezbollah as an existential mission for Israel and called the group “a terror army perched on our northern border.” He did not mention the U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal.
Hours earlier, his office issued a statement saying it “appreciates the U.S. efforts” toward a cease-fire in Lebanon and would continue discussions “in the coming days.” The comments suggested that he was trying to balance demands from the United States, Israel’s most important ally, and the right-wing Israeli lawmakers who help keep his governing coalition in power…..
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Here’s what else to know:
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Abbas speech: Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, used his speech at the United Nations to call on the international community to stop sending weapons to Israel. He accused the country of carrying out a “war of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. After his speech, diplomats applauded and chanted “Free, free Palestine” in the chamber.
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Bombardment in Gaza: The war in Gaza has not stopped, even as Israel’s attention has shifted to Lebanon in the north. The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had struck a school used as a shelter in Gaza, which it said housed a Hamas command center. It was the latest in a series of Israeli strikes on former schools. Palestinian Civil Defense officials said 35 people had been killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave on Thursday, including 15 in the bombing of the former school, including women and children.
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Sirens in Tel Aviv: Yemen’s Houthi militia, which like Hezbollah and Hamas is backed by Iran, launched a missile at Tel Aviv for the second time in two weeks early Friday morning. The launch set off sirens across central Israel, but the Israeli military said that it had intercepted the missile and that it caused no damage. Such attacks were once rare but have become more common: It was the second time in three days that an Iran-backed group had aimed a missile at the city….
Iran maybe stirring the pot….
But does NOT stick it’s whole body in against Israel….
Its new President wants diplomacy ….
His military, security and religious don’t care….
But while Iran has offered rhetorical support, it has not joined the fight.
Hezbollah “is completely able to defend itself and to defend Lebanon and Lebanese people,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said this week at the United Nations.
Heading into the U.N. General Assembly, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused Israel of “atrocities,” “colonialism,” “desperate barbarism” and “crimes against humanity” in Gaza. But he also adopted a moderate tone, declaring a “new era” in which Iran would play a “constructive role” in world affairs….
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“This is three decades of investment,” said Sami Nader, director of the Institute of Political Science at St. Joseph University in Beirut. “Iran will not throw Hezbollah under the bus at the first opportunity.”
Iran did not directly engage Israel in 2006, either, when it fought a devastating war with Hezbollah. But it did help rebuild and rearm the group after the conflict — and is likely to do so again, counting on Hezbollah’s ability to bounce back, as it has in the past…
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“You know that there is a red line somewhere, but you don’t know where that red line is,” he said. “Even Israel doesn’t know where that red line is. And that can be dangerous because Israel can over-read its hand, thinking, ‘Okay, these guys are completely feeble, they’re not going to react. Why don’t I just keep pushing?’”…..
Updates….
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