‘The true face of Israel’
Two rockets fired from Syria fell in the Golan Heights hours after a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The rockets, which did not cause any damages or injuries, landed near the border fence between Israel and Syria on Tuesday afternoon, the Israel Defence Forces said.
Netanyahu had toured the Golan Heights with Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon and the IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz. He also visited the base where Syrians who have been wounded in their country’s protracted civil war are being treated.
The rockets were being seen as likely fall-out from fighting between the Syrian army and rebel forces.
“On the day when talks between the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is important that the world sees the pictures from this place, which divides the good that is in the world from the bad,” Netanyahu said during his visit to the base hospital. “The good part is that Israel is saving the lives of those who have been wounded in the daily slaughter that is being perpetrated in Syria. This is the true face of Israel. The bad part is that Iran is arming those who are carrying out the slaughter.
“This is the place that divides Israel and Iran … Israel which saves victims from the massacre in Syria is the good side here. Iran that is helping the massacre is the bad side.”
Netanyahu added that “all the Syrian children have been killed or wounded by the weapons Iran gives Assad … Iran hasn’t changed at all its aggressive behaviour and vicious nature.”
Netanyahu stressed that Iran continues to support the Assad regime while it massacres its citizens. “This is the real face of Iran, and the world must not forget that.”
JTA
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