’Israel’ : We Should Consider Military Intervention in Syria

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Former Zionist chief of military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, said "Israel" should consider a military intervention in Syria, as he told The Times of "Israel" newspaper quoted him as saying.

Amos Yadlin, who headed military intelligence between 2006 and 2010 after serving as deputy commander of the "Israeli" forces, said that "Israel" should weigh launching a military strike on Syria.

He said that unilateral action should by no means be "Israel's" first option, adding that the preferable contingency would be a NATO operation led by the US with Turkey as its key member to implement a no-fly zone over Syria "at the very minimum."

"I don't recommend a ground operation, but I do recommend changing [Syrian president Bassar al-] Assad's perception of where things are going," the former Zionist chief added.

On Sunday, a member of the so-called "Free Syrian Army" in the southern city of Daraa told The Times of "Israel" that his forces have appealed to donor states to help funnel advanced weaponry to rebels.

Yadlin said that tracking weapons once they've been delivered to rebels is "extremely difficult," which is why international intervention remains preferable.
"If you use the air force against the Syrian army, you give the rebels a military advantage which they didn't have before ... that's the better way to help," he said.

Meanwhile, Yadlin admitted that "Israel's" leaders are indeed torn over the question of whether al-Assad's ouster would contribute to "Israeli" security.
 
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