The Israeli academic and expert on the Israeli affairs, Dr. Mohammad Ali, said that the Israeli Prime Minister's statement to the Russian side that his country insists on continuing its air strikes in Syria is not within the scope of the challenge.
In an exclusive statement to Sputnik on Wednesday, Ali noted that Israel is well aware that there is a serious danger to its warplanes due to the presence of the Russian S-300 advanced air defense system in the hands of the Syrians, but what is happening is an attempt to neutralize the Russian side in the dispute. In parallel with Israeli pressure on the United States of America.
He added that "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Russians that he will continue his raids against Iran and its allies who threaten Israel, and here he means the Lebanese Hezbollah, so he says clearly that his disagreement is not with Russia, and certainly confirms to Ross that the mistake of dropping the Russian plane will not repeat, That Moscow directs the finger of Israel directly. "
The Israeli researcher pointed out that there are indications that Israel is exerting pressure on the United States of America to give it any preventive weapon systems to ensure the safety and security of Israeli warplanes during its raids on Syria, fearing the sophisticated and dangerous capabilities of the S-300 air defense system. It is owned by the Syrian army.
"Most likely, America will respond. Netanyahu gave positive signals. Otherwise, the man would not have stood at a news conference and announced the continuation of the raids, which we can confirm have stopped completely against Syria since the crash of the Russian plane El-20, And caused the Syrian air defenses to fire at it. "
The Israeli Prime Minister announced that he informed Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov during a meeting in his country yesterday that Israel would continue to strike hostile targets in Syria.
Netanyahu told a news conference that he told Akimov that Israel would continue to confront what it called "Iran's attempts to consolidate its military presence in Syria and to send advanced weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah." He said that although Moscow had handed over the S-300 to the Syrian army, Of the principle of self-defense, is committed to continuing "its legitimate activity in Syria against Iran, and its followers who are vowing to destroy Israel."
This is the first meeting to be announced between Netanyahu and a senior Russian official since the fall of a Russian military aircraft during the Syrian air defense's response to an Israeli air strike on Lattakia in northwest Syria on September 17, an incident that increased tensions between Israel and Russia.
