This morning, we are told that the Israeli National Security Adviser announced that Israel would incapacitate any Russian missiles arriving in Syria for the Assad government. In parallel, Syria announced that it would immediately retaliate on any Israeli attack on its sovereignty.
So here is the revised summer schedule:
1) Tel Aviv Gay Pride Week - current estimates of the income for the city is $50 millions!
2) US-Israeli war against the Russian-Syrian gov coalition - later this summer.
3) US-Israeli all out war against Iran et al - toward the end of 2013.
Busy schedule!!!
As a footnote, Israeli papers continue to prepare the people for the fact that this time around it would be war where there would me more civilian than military casualties. It is the new kind of war, where the soldiers sit 5 stories underground in command and control bunkers, and the civilians are the canon fodder. It's called hi-tech.
jz
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Haaretz