Israel’s Bold Action Against Syria’s Chemical Arsenal Benefits the World

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In a decisive move following the collapse of the Assad regime, Israel has performed a significant service for global security. Over the past few days, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of strikes on suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities, aiming to prevent these dangerous capabilities from falling into the hands of potential terrorists.  

 

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed the strikes, stating, “We attacked strategic weapons, the residual chemical weapons capabilities, long-range missiles and rockets, so they won’t fall into the hands of radicals.”  

 

The United States, while focused on targeting Islamic State positions in Syria, now faces the critical task of following through on this effort. With Israel taking the lead militarily, Washington must ensure the long-term dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons program. Diplomacy may suffice, but its success depends on robust pressure backed by credible military deterrence.  

 

A key priority for Washington is securing the cooperation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group linked to al-Qaeda and designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the United Nations. As the dominant force behind Syria’s new governing authority, HTS must be compelled to allow international inspectors access to verify the destruction of remaining chemical weapons stockpiles. A cautious and strategic approach is vital given the group's volatile nature.  

 

A U.S. official told Axios that the United States believes it has “good fidelity” on Syria’s chemical weapons inventory and that the risk of these weapons being acquired by non-state actors is currently low. Israel’s recent operations undoubtedly contributed to this confidence.  

 

The Assad regime maintained a vast arsenal of chemical weapons, including agents, precursors, and advanced research capabilities. These weapons were used extensively against the Syrian population. The U.S. State Department reported as recently as May 2024 that Syria still maintained an undeclared chemical weapons program, which had been deployed at least 50 times against civilians between 2012 and 2019. The real number of attacks is believed to be much higher.  

 

One of the most infamous incidents occurred in 2013 when sarin gas was used to kill 1,400 people in Ghouta. Under the threat of U.S. airstrikes, Syria agreed to join the Chemical Weapons Convention and supposedly surrendered its arsenal. However, this compliance was largely a façade. Syria used sarin again in Khan Shaykhun in 2017 and chlorine gas in Douma in 2018, among other attacks. Each time, the international community responded inadequately.  

 

In response to these atrocities, then-President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes in both 2017 and 2018. Yet, recent findings by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) indicate that Syria’s chemical weapons program has not been fully dismantled.  

 

Israel’s recent strikes were timely and strategic, targeting remaining chemical weapon stocks to neutralize a persistent threat. Now, it is imperative for Washington to step up. International inspectors must be allowed into Syria to ensure the complete elimination of this arsenal. Cooperation from HTS, however challenging, will be a key factor in achieving this goal.  

 

Israel’s bold actions have bought time and disrupted a dangerous status quo. It is now up to the United States and the broader international community to finish what Israel has started and ensure that chemical weapons never again threaten the region or the world.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2024-12-13

 

 

 

[spidermike007]

Finally after years and years Israel has done something beneficial and constructive. Hallelujah, this is a biblical event. 

[black tabby12345]

35 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Finally after years and years Israel has done something beneficial and constructive. Hallelujah, this is a biblical event. 

 

As well as blowing up Iran's missile/nuke  installation in recent months.

 

[jippytum]

As does its fight against Hesbillah 

[Nick Carter icp]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Finally after years and years Israel has done something beneficial and constructive. Hallelujah, this is a biblical event. 

 

Not forgetting when they destroyed Iraq's Nuclear making facilities . Also killing that terrorists who murdered numerous Americans in the bomb attack  , Did the  USA pay Israel that ranson money yet ?

   What was it ? $15 million price on his head ?

[koolkarl]

Israel also benefits the world's infidels with its dramatic fight against Hamas and Hezbollah as infidels will be an eventual

target.  The ungratefulness shown is sickening and shows the mentality of masses.  The muslims want Aljazeera to show the destruction by refusing to release the hostages to get your pity.  They don't care about their own people as there are almost 2 billion of them.

[Bkk Brian]

More excellent work for the benefit of the west:

 

https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1866517904851874217

 

Israel wipes out bulk of Syria’s strategic weapons stockpiles in airstrikes

The strikes were carried out so that rebel groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State — which drove Assad out — would not gain access to the weaponry, Israeli officials said.

“We have no intention of interfering in Syria’s internal affairs, but we clearly intend to do what is necessary to ensure our security,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/world-news/israel-wipes-out-bulk-of-syrias-strategic-weapons-stockpile/

 

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Finally after years and years Israel has done something beneficial and constructive. Hallelujah, this is a biblical event. 

 

Disgraceful, bigoted, antisemitic comment

 

 

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

As well as blowing up Iran's missile/nuke  installation in recent months.

 

Has it blown up any Nuclear installations?

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@WDSmart an inflammatory troll post removed. Go anywhere near claims like that again and expect a suspension.

 

An unapproved video source also removed.

[spidermike007]

17 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Disgraceful, bigoted, antisemitic comment

 

 

Such nonsense. I am a Jew and it gets a little tiring to be called anti-Semitic when my entire family is Jewish I count dozens of friends as Jews and I have a great deal of love and affection for the faith it's the government of Israel that I have an issue with and some very simple minds somehow cannot comprehend that. 

 

They have a huge lobby, and they spend a fortune lobbying the US political base. The extreme elements within Israeli politics are very toxic, and this sends a message. Without Trump, the very corrupt Netanyahu would have to work very hard for what he gets, and that is the way it should be.

 

Natenyahu has joined the extremists and now there is virtually no hope for peace in that region. Most Jews around the world disagree with their policies. I find the Israeli government atrocious and very racist. Israel cannot expect the violence to stop, until they develop a reasonable and humane approach. 

 

The one thing you can always count on with Israeli politicians, is that they are incapable of learning. Just apply more and more violence. That will fix things. 

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Such nonsense. I am a Jew and it gets a little tiring to be called anti-Semitic when my entire family is Jewish I count dozens of friends as Jews and I have a great deal of love and affection for the faith it's the government of Israel that I have an issue with and some very simple minds somehow cannot comprehend that. 

 

They have a huge lobby, and they spend a fortune lobbying the US political base. The extreme elements within Israeli politics are very toxic, and this sends a message. Without Trump, the very corrupt Netanyahu would have to work very hard for what he gets, and that is the way it should be.

 

Natenyahu has joined the extremists and now there is virtually no hope for peace in that region. Most Jews around the world disagree with their policies. I find the Israeli government atrocious and very racist. Israel cannot expect the violence to stop, until they develop a reasonable and humane approach. 

 

The one thing you can always count on with Israeli politicians, is that they are incapable of learning. Just apply more and more violence. That will fix things. 

Oh gawd, the tired old, "I am a Jew." So what? A Jew can still be anti semitic even those that have to also or perhaps more so emphasize all the Jewish friends he has.

 

When a Jewish person expresses anti-Jewish ideas, is that antisemitism? It might sound odd, but yes. From the Middle Ages until the present day, there are plenty of examples of Jewish people perpetuating antisemitism, despite being Jews themselves. Sometimes it is what scholars call “internalized racism,”

https://unpacked.education/video/can-jews-be-antisemitic/

[Eloquent pilgrim]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Oh gawd, the tired old, "I am a Jew." So what? A Jew can still be anti semitic even those that have to also or perhaps more so emphasize all the Jewish friends he has.

 

When a Jewish person expresses anti-Jewish ideas, is that antisemitism? It might sound odd, but yes. From the Middle Ages until the present day, there are plenty of examples of Jewish people perpetuating antisemitism, despite being Jews themselves. Sometimes it is what scholars call “internalized racism,”

https://unpacked.education/video/can-jews-be-antisemitic/

 

Indeed Brian; sounds like the other one on here who claims to have a Rabbi as a best friend.

 

 

[Purdey]

People seem to have trouble differentiating between Israelis and Jews. One is a state, the other a religion. You can like one and not the other.

[Eloquent pilgrim]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I find the Israeli government atrocious and very racist. Israel cannot expect the violence to stop, until they develop a reasonable and humane approach. 

 

 

Well, maybe you could enlighten us all as to what would be a “reasonable and humane approach” to October 7 2023, which saw the most inhumane and barbaric atrocities the world has witnessed in modern history.

 

And then maybe you can enlighten us all as to what would be a “reasonable and humane approach” from Israel to dealing with being both continually threatened, and attacked, by Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Shia terrorists in Iraq, terrorist militia groups in Syria, Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank, and Iran, who as recently as Oct 24, fired more than 180 hypersonic and ballistic missiles indiscriminately at Israeli citizens.

 

So come on, tell us all how Israel should respond with a “reasonable and humane approach” to the existential threats to their very existence that they face on 7 different fronts; all of them from either terrorist organisations or a terrorist state.

 

You, claiming to be a Jew, is an appalling insult to all Jews in the world, and an affront to the intelligence of posters on this forum.

 

 

 

[black tabby12345]

4 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Has it blown up any Nuclear installations?

Iran Nuclear Facility Destroyed in Oct Israel Strike: Report - Newsweek

 

Israel 'destroyed nuclear facilities' in Iran strikes: report

 

Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say | Reuters

 

 

 

[scottiejohn]

6 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

Iran Nuclear Facility Destroyed in Oct Israel Strike: Report - Newsweek

 

Israel 'destroyed nuclear facilities' in Iran strikes: report

 

Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say | Reuters

 

 

 

Read your links!

They  contain words/phrases like "may have hit", "if confirmed", "White House officials privately warned Iran in direct conversations about the suspicious research activities", "former nuclear weapons test building".  There is no definitive proven source to state that Israel, or anyone else, "has blown up nuclear installations" that were currently active at the time of the so called attacks!

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A couple of off topic troll and conspiracey posts removed @frank83628

[Somjot]

@spidermike007 criticized Israel indirectly by writing “finally Israel has done something beneficial …” and is accused immediately as being ungrateful, disgraceful, bigoted and anti-Semitic and even when he informs us, that he actually is a Jew and his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic but only to criticize the actual government of Israel, he still is ridiculed and confronted with a “proof” that Jews can be anti-Semitic too.

 

 I'm not interested in partaking in this discussion, but what happened to “what makes you think that Israel hasn't been doing anything beneficial in the last years?” or “can you prove this statement?” or even prove him wrong by giving counterexamples?

 

Is that all what is left from respectful discussions where we would use arguments based on facts and proof and at the end of the day maybe even agree and if not, at least understand the position of our opponents?

 

Anti-Semitism is rightfully criticized but if you nip any discussion about or criticism of Israel in the bud by screaming “racist” or ”anti-Semite” you are actually creating anti-Semitism which makes you part of the problem.

 

[Nick Carter icp]

8 minutes ago, Somjot said:

@spidermike007 criticized Israel indirectly by writing “finally Israel has done something beneficial …” and is accused immediately as being ungrateful, disgraceful, bigoted and anti-Semitic and even when he informs us, that he actually is a Jew and his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic but only to criticize the actual government of Israel, he still is ridiculed and confronted with a “proof” that Jews can be anti-Semitic too.

 

 I'm not interested in partaking in this discussion, but what happened to “what makes you think that Israel hasn't been doing anything beneficial in the last years?” or “can you prove this statement?” or even prove him wrong by giving counterexamples?

 

Is that all what is left from respectful discussions where we would use arguments based on facts and proof and at the end of the day maybe even agree and if not, at least understand the position of our opponents?

 

Anti-Semitism is rightfully criticized but if you nip any discussion about or criticism of Israel in the bud by screaming “racist” or ”anti-Semite” you are actually creating anti-Semitism which makes you part of the problem.

 

 

   His points were addressed in various other posts and Anti semitism wasn't mentioned .

   Why don't you reply to the posts that didn't mention Anti semitism ?

SM did suggest that wiping our two terrorist organisations . Hamas and Hezbollah and severely weakening Iran's military wasnt beneficial. 

   

[Bkk Brian]

20 minutes ago, Somjot said:

@spidermike007 criticized Israel indirectly by writing “finally Israel has done something beneficial …” and is accused immediately as being ungrateful, disgraceful, bigoted and anti-Semitic and even when he informs us, that he actually is a Jew and his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic but only to criticize the actual government of Israel, he still is ridiculed and confronted with a “proof” that Jews can be anti-Semitic too.

 

 I'm not interested in partaking in this discussion, but what happened to “what makes you think that Israel hasn't been doing anything beneficial in the last years?” or “can you prove this statement?” or even prove him wrong by giving counterexamples?

 

Is that all what is left from respectful discussions where we would use arguments based on facts and proof and at the end of the day maybe even agree and if not, at least understand the position of our opponents?

 

Anti-Semitism is rightfully criticized but if you nip any discussion about or criticism of Israel in the bud by screaming “racist” or ”anti-Semite” you are actually creating anti-Semitism which makes you part of the problem.

 

I'm not interested in partaking in this discussion, but what happened to “what makes you think that Israel hasn't been doing anything beneficial in the last years?” or “can you prove this statement?” or even prove him wrong by giving counterexamples?

 

So you're interested in having a say but not to be challenged on your say if other members disagree. Sounds like the recent Oxford Uni debate on Israel. You should note that if a member wants to make a point of discussing what his religion is and how many friends he has of the same religion, he then invites others to point out a few facts. Something it sounds like you also disagree with.

 

Anything to add on the actual topic?

Israel’s Bold Action Against Syria’s Chemical Arsenal Benefits the World

 

Thought not

[herfiehandbag]

They have also virtually destroyed the Syrian Air Defence Missile installations, and shattered their air force.

 

In an unrelated development, half a dozen Druze Arab villages on the Syrian part of the Golan Heights have voted to ask Israel to annex them rather than take their chances with the likely Islamic regime in Syria. I don't expect Israel will annex the territory, ( golly, could you imagine the frothing at various mouths of they did!) but they may well welcome the people.