Israeli PM tells govt. to stay silent on Syria missiles

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his cabinet to stay silent on the issue of Russian missile deliveries to Syria, public radio said on Wednesday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 29.05.2013.

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TEL AVIV Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his cabinet to stay silent on the issue of Russian missile deliveries to Syria, public radio said on Wednesday. His remarks came after several ministers criticized Moscow’s arms deals with Damascus and raised the possibility of an Israeli response should the Jewish state feel under threat, AFP has reported. Israeli PM tells govt. to stay silent on Syria missiles Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday warned Israel would “know what to do” if Russia delivered promised anti-aircraft missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, he expressed hope that there would be no deliveries. Israel has launched several air raids inside Syria this year, targeting convoys transporting weapons to its arch foe Hezbollah in Lebanon. Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz also confirmed Israel would “react to any threat.” “I hope Damascus understands that. We will react forcefully,” he told reporters on Tuesday, describing Russia’s planned delivery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missiles as “morally wrong.” Earlier this month, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni also criticized Russia’s arms deals with Syria, where a two-year conflict that started as an anti-regime uprising has killed more than 90,000 people, AFP has reported. Moscow on Tuesday defended its arms shipments to Damascus. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the missiles were a “stabilizing factor” which could act as a deterrent against foreign intervention, as fears grow that the violence could spill over into neighboring countries. (Beta/AP, file) Tanjug

Israeli PM tells govt. to stay silent on Syria missiles

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday warned Israel would “know what to do” if Russia delivered promised anti-aircraft missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, he expressed hope that there would be no deliveries.

Israel has launched several air raids inside Syria this year, targeting convoys transporting weapons to its arch foe Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz also confirmed Israel would “react to any threat.”

“I hope Damascus understands that. We will react forcefully,” he told reporters on Tuesday, describing Russia’s planned delivery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missiles as “morally wrong.”

Earlier this month, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni also criticized Russia’s arms deals with Syria, where a two-year conflict that started as an anti-regime uprising has killed more than 90,000 people, AFP has reported.

Moscow on Tuesday defended its arms shipments to Damascus.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the missiles were a “stabilizing factor” which could act as a deterrent against foreign intervention, as fears grow that the violence could spill over into neighboring countries.

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