High Price for Attacking Iran
"Home Front Defense" Minister Matan Vilnai cautioned that "Israeli" army soldiers might "run away" as some did during Lebanon's second war.
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Siren Systems turned off in the North
Ma'ariv - Ahikam David
Vilnai: Next War, "Israeli" Officers Will Run Away
Rami Shani - Army Radio
"I won't guarantee that 225 heads of local authorities and brigades will not run away," he added.
In addition, he held the Lebanese government responsible for the rocket attacks on "Israel".
Vilnai, during Sderot Conference on Social Policy, criticized some local authorities' officials of the north who left their posts and traveled to "Negev" during the war.
He further clarified by saying "I can guarantee that Safed's mayor won't escape - but I cannot guarantee that the other 225 local officials or "Israeli" army commanders won't escape -we have already seen these things before."
It seems that the northerners didn't have the chance to defend themselves when the Katyusha was fired from Lebanon, for the air raid sirens didn't operate. The reason is deactivating the warning system following intelligence assessments suggesting that the likelihood of rocket fire at the northern border was slim. So the air raid siren system was turned off.
The air-raid siren system of the "home front" is distributed in different areas. In the north and the south, the system is turned on when the intelligence body suspects an attack from Lebanon or Gaza towards "Israel".
The system is supposed to trigger the alert automatically when a rocket launch is identified. Due to technical reasons, the sirens system operates in case of intelligence warnings are provided only; it might be damaged if it was operating the whole time.
The reason behind deactivating the sirens system will be investigated and a military source said Tuesday, "The northern command will be looking into providing 24/7 operating warning systems for the citizens who live near the borders."
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Ya'alon: I Suggest Not Interfering in Syrian affairs
"Israeli" Radio
Vice prime minister, and strategic affairs minister, Moshe Ya'alon said that "we shouldn't interfere in the Syrian affairs and let things take its own course."
Noting that "it's evident that the situation cannot be restored to what it was, he also clarified that "we are witnessing daily confrontation, with scores of deaths- in the Syrian army as well- for the opposition is armed too."
"The regime is isolated from Turkey, the Arab world, the AL, the United Nations and the whole world, except of course Russia, China and Hizbullah," he stressed
"It is isolated, that's why it's an irreversible situation. We have to let it take its course and then we'll busy ourselves with the outcomes," Ya'alon confirmed.
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Vilnai : Lebanese government responsible for Rockets' Attack
"Israeli" International Channel
"Home Front Defense Minister" Matan Vilnai said that "the Lebanese government is responsible for the rockets' attack on the "Israeli" territories, and "Israel" knows exactly how to respond."
Our correspondent, Hasan abou Zaid reported that Vilnai spoke at the "Sderot" Conference on Social Policy during his visit to "Sapir" academic college in.
Vilnai said that "the Lebanese government received our complaints, which makes them responsible for any attack carried out from its territory."
"As for "Israel's" response, the Minister said that "we have to inspect all the details about the shooting and to respond accordingly."
"The main issue is that the Lebanese government must not allow any attack to be launched from its territories, whatsoever!"
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Meir Dagan Price of Attacking Iran Is Very High!
Channel 2
Meir Dagan said in an exclusive television interview that "Israel" will have to deal with a horrific scenario if it attacked Iran.
"The question is what will happen the day after the attack and what prices we will pay the next day," he said.
He claimed that if ""Israel" attacks Iran, it would lead the country into a regional war; Hamas, Hizbullah and Syria will attack "Israel"."
He assumed that "Syria might join the war in order to resolve the regime's internal problems."
This is Dagan's first interview since he left Mossad. Dagan, slammed efforts by top politicians to silence him.
"With all due respect, I won't let the "defense" minister, prime minister or finance minister prevent me from expressing my opinion," he said. "We don't live in an undemocratic country. In a democratic country, I have a right to express my opinion."
Source: Hebrew Newspapers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
