& Quot; This week Israel shot down a Syrian fighter – first time since 2014 of the year. This does not necessarily mean, that the two countries are close to, to start a war & quot;, – writes the former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dov Zakheim article forForeign Policy.
& Quot; The Israelis might well give the most clear to Assad, that he should go back to the agreement to withdraw from the conflict 1974 of the year, signed by the then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger between Israel and the father Assad, wise Hafiz Assad, – author suggests. – Assad Sr. never violated this agreement, years and did not do his son, & quot;.
Israel is less concerned about Assad, than Iranians, and he appealed to Moscow to dislodge the Iranians from Syria, the author notes. At the same time, Israel coordinated its actions with the Russians. Before, how to bring down the plane, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first check with Moscow, that he was a Syrian, instead of the Russian, He stresses Zakheim.
& Quot; Notably, that the United States played no role in Israel's attempt to dislodge the Iranians from Syria. Jerusalem, as well as other countries in the region, recognizes, what, at least, currently Moscow is the arbiter in the Middle East, & quot;, – referred to in Article.
Obvious aspirations Trump administration to withdraw from Syria and, perhaps, from Iraq and the region in general have forced Israel, as well as its Arab neighbors, give much greater importance to Russian fears, than ever before, the author notes.
& Quot; The lesson downed aircraft, Consequently, is not that, that the Syrian-Israeli war is inevitable, and in that, that Russia, not the US holds the key to peace along the border in the Golan Heights & quot;, – he concludes.
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