[BodeOmissemia]

Syrian rebels acquire surface-to-air missiles

[AOE6q4bu]

Six army battalions called up under emergency orders to meet growing threat on Egypt, Syria borders | The Times of Israel

The IDF has issued emergency call up orders to six reserve battalions in light of new dangers on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the IDF permission to summon a further 16 reserve battalions if necessary, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

An IDF spokesperson said intelligence assessments called for the deployment of more soldiers.

According to 2008′s Reserve Duty Law, combat soldiers can be called for active reserve duty once every three years, and for short training sessions during the other two. Rising tensions between Israel and Egypt and the ongoing unrest in Syria caused the army to ask the Knesset for special permission to call up more soldiers, more often.

The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved the request recently, enabling the IDF to summon up to 22 battalions for active duty for the second time in three years. Already, the army has called up six of them.

“This signifies that the IDF regards the Egyptian and Syrian borders as the potential source of a greater threat than in the past,” the former deputy chief of staff, Dan Harel, said on Wednesday night.

“The army needs a better ‘answer’ than in the past to the threat,” he said, citing Egypt’s deteriorating control over the Sinai, marked by an upsurge in Bedouin smuggling of weapons and other goods. He also spoke of the growing threat of terrorism from Sinai, as exemplified by an infiltration last August in which eight Israelis were killed.

The Syrian situation was also highly combustible, Harel said, “and it could explode at any moment… and pose a direct challenge to us.”

Maariv said the army had to decide whether to cancel training sessions for enlisted soldiers or to summon additional reserve units, and it chose the latter; canceling training would mean soldiers would not be prepared in the case of an all-out war.

The IDF spokesperson said all the letters summoning soldiers for reserve duty were sent after the IDF received the approval of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee for the larger call-up.

One of the reservists summoned told Maariv he hadn’t expected his call-up letter until next year. Leaving home for more than three weeks is something you have to prepare for, he noted.

Activists from the Reserve Soldiers Forum said they were disappointed time and again by the way the IDF treated its reserve soldiers. The law was supposed to help reservists, but it has been repeatedly bypassed and ignored, they said. “At the end, all that will remain of the law will be its title.”

[neguoogleX]

Six army battalions called up under emergency orders to meet growing threat on Egypt, Syria borders | The Times of Israel

Stable dictatorships in Egypt and Syria were good for Israel.

[Singukil]

It fits the pattern. The banks generally destabilize a few gov'ts at about this point(or have someone important shot) and push everyone into war. Hooray for war debt!

[evalayCap]

I am agree with you its the fault of bank it pushing everyone to war It should take action before the bank..

[MarythePuppy6]

So is this Obama's fault or what??

[AOE6q4bu]

So is this Obama's fault or what??

Is what Obamas fault?

[BodeOmissemia]

It fits the pattern. The banks generally destabilize a few gov'ts at about this point(or have someone important shot) and push everyone into war. Hooray for war debt!

11 International Agreements That Are Nails In The Coffin Of The Petrodollar

wont be too much longer

[AOE6q4bu]

Get ready for war kiddies

Haaretz.com ‏@haaretzonline
#Netanyahu: #Iran is responsible for the terror attack against #Israelis in #Bulgaria 7 reported killed in terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
Retweeted by Peter Beinart

[MarythePuppy6]

Get ready for war kiddies

Haaretz.com ‏@haaretzonline
#Netanyahu: #Iran is responsible for the terror attack against #Israelis in #Bulgaria 7 reported killed in terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
Retweeted by Peter Beinart

With concerns about Syria and Egypt, will Israel really expend military resources with all out war on Iran? Probably not.

[AOE6q4bu]

News from The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister has blamed Iran for the deadly blast that struck a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria and is promising a tough response.

Benjamin Netanyahu says "all signs point to Iran" in Wednesday's blast in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital, Sofia.

At least three Israeli tourists were killed.

Netanyahu noted that the attack follows similar attempts in India, Georgia, Thailand, Kenya and Cyprus in recent months.

He said "this is an Iranian terror attack that is spreading across the world" and that "Israel will react strongly to Iran's terror."

[AOE6q4bu]

With concerns about Syria and Egypt, will Israel really expend military resources with all out war on Iran? Probably not.

I think so.

They have done it once and will again. Should be better theater than 2006

[Si8jy8HN]

With both Egypt and Syria on either side bot potentially unstable or in all-out civil war, who wouldn't activate deployment of more soldiers out of concern? Sword rattling at Iran probably has much to do with Syria (their client state) as Iran itself.

[AOE6q4bu]

With both Egypt and Syria on either side bot potentially unstable or in all-out civil war, who wouldn't activate deployment of more soldiers out of concern? Sword rattling at Iran probably has much to do with Syria (their client state) as Iran itself.

Are you claiming it has nothing to do with them nuking up and/or today's terror attack?

[BodeOmissemia]

Occupy Corporatism | The Truth Behind the News

The Globalist Infiltration: Obama, Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood

[MarythePuppy6]

I think so.

They have done it once and will again. Should be better theater than 2006

The 2006 Lebanon war was a disaster for Israel. With what is happening in Syria and Egypt, attacking Hezbollah directly is a bad idea and Israel knows it. Maybe they will just continue to pick off high-level targets in both Iran and Lebanon. The only wild card here is the collapse of the ruling coalition and probable early elections. But I don't think a foolhardy war that duplicates a recent failure is something that will resonate with Israeli voters. Maybe we'll see a bombing or two but even that is risky with Hezbollah's love of civilian shields.

What is sad is that while Israel assassinates Iranian nuclear scientists on their home turf, Iran/Hezbollah botches assassination attempts and terrorist attacks abroad. This is their first "success" after a long string of failures and misses.

[BodeOmissemia]

Egypt troops move into Israel border zone

[sesWaipunsaws]

They were fighting amongst themselves 5000 yrs. ago and they'll still be fighting 5000 yrs. from now.