Israel on war alert for Iranian reprisal after IDF assaults on Al Qods’ Syrian bases

Iran’s military array in and around Damascus was not eradicated as reported but severely damaged by Israel’s extensive air strikes early Wednesday, Nov. 20, DEBKAfile reports. Only the Syrian air defense batteries which aimed at Israeli warplanes around Damascus and the Syrian Golan, were disabled – not its entire network. This point is important. Since the Israeli jets did not enter Syrian air space but struck from the skies of northern Israel and southern Lebanon, Syrian batteries were directed for the first time to try and down them while over Israel territory.

It is also important to note that the IDF account of the Iranian rocket attack on northern Israel of Tuesday, spoke of “heavy missiles,” a phrase that usually implies medium-range ground-to-ground ballistic missiles. This may be interpreted as a reference to Fatteh-110 missiles. They have a range of 500km and had they not been intercepted by Iron Dome defense batteries, they were therefore capable of reaching into central Israel, and not just the north.
This Iranian attack did not come out of the blue. It followed an earlier Israel strike that morning on one of its facilities near Abu Kamal close to the Syrian border with Iraq. By directing missiles at central Israel, Iran demonstrated two changes of tactics:

  1. Not only is Tehran determined to hit back for every Israeli attack, as it has threatened, but will do so in kind: For every IDF raid on its military assets deep inside Syrian or Iraqi terrain, Iran is poised to strike back similarly deep inside Israel.
  2. An attack on Israel’s central, most densely populated region, would inflict multiple civilian casualties. For that reason alone, the Iranian missile attack on Tuesday should be seen as the direct continuation of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s rocket fire from Gaza on the Israeli city of Beersheba on Nov. 16, i.e. three days earlier. Iron Dome batteries averted major tragedies in both cases, but while highly effective, they are not infallible.

Israeli forces are on high war alert at this moment due to the assessment that this is just the start of a major clash between the IDF and Iran’s elite Al Qods Brigades. Tehran is unlikely to let Wednesday’s massive Israeli air assault in Syria go unanswered and may well strike back within days or even hours.

DEBKA Weekly (for subscribers) in its coming issue out on Friday, November 22, explores both the background and the military ramifications of the first direct duel currently unfolding between Israel and Iran. New subscribers may click here.

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78 thoughts on “Israel on war alert for Iranian reprisal after IDF assaults on Al Qods’ Syrian bases

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:15 at 22:15
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    I order the take of West Bank after the Ramadan end of May 2020. Get ready!

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 10:15 at 10:15
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      The question is what Pentagon is planning? Will they accept The mulla-atom-bomb? This should be something for Nato and US, and not only for Israel! Or someone Know already that Sepah has built the bomb already? Who is Really responsible for this?

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:19 at 22:19
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    Better to wait a few months more and have sanctions lifted Iran. Be smart and delay and build more missiles and plan your attack so that its effects will be maximized. Israel is going nowhere so be patient and prepare your allies for the inevitable battle that Israel is pushing for.

    • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:59 at 22:59
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      As I was waiting for the bus 47 right in front of HaDerech Mall on route 25 in Dimona-city, there was this convoy of army heavy trucks with some sort of long things under tarpaulins, and I couldn’t fend to overhear a discussion right near me, only couple words “…Oh, man, they are getting ready to erase Iran…”, but I have no idea why one would say such a thing.

      • Nov 21, 2019 @ 1:41 at 1:41
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        That big long thing is a harp unit –like a pipe that sounds noise nobody hears , It will sure erase something , maybe a hearing of local and military service people in Negev.But than if amplifies it is capable of blowing local washrooms .

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 21:21 at 21:21
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      You would be a sorry fool if you really believed this could stop the God of Israel…

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:26 at 22:26
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    I will humpback all dirty hairy sharmutas and humping smelly mothas sharmoutas too who are very hairy and diseased and srtinky.

    • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:14 at 23:14
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      Hey, mosquito-brain Jim – enough already…!

      • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:35 at 23:35
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        THAT IS POSTED BY SOME FREAK TRYING TO STEAL MY ID. I AM THE ONLY REAL AND GREAT JIM CARROL!!!!

        • Nov 21, 2019 @ 11:27 at 11:27
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          Jim Carrol AKBAR! – because he makes me laugh. 🙂

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:27 at 22:27
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    should have run then back home maybe next time

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 22:42 at 22:42
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    Would Israel provoke a heavy response from Iran if it could not handle it,I doubt it.

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:09 at 23:09
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    Ezekiel 38

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:22 at 23:22
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    Jim: I appreciate the humour in your comments, but if you were to make your point in a more civil manner it would be much more effective. We need people like you to be effective in support of the cause. Thank you my friend.

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:34 at 23:34
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    THE BEARDED PERVS ARE ONLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR FAVORITE HUMP-BACKED WELL-HUNG FRIENDS. IF ANY OF THEIR NATIONAL TREASURE WAS HARMED THEN THERE WILL BE BLOWBACK! THE PERV PHAGATOLLAH DEMANDS THIS! IDF NEEDS TO CONTINUE DESTROYING THESE SAVAGES BASES AND THEIR HUMP-BACK BOOTY!

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:27 at 15:27
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      Iran is economically broke, a war of attrition will quickly bring down the evil ayatollahs, and aid the Persian People in their efforts to overthrow their evil dictators the Ayatollahs and their Global Jihad War for universal slavery …..

  • Nov 20, 2019 @ 23:36 at 23:36
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    The Iran Shiia Regime Elite Al Qods Brigades Extradition From Syria Will Requires A Long Road Of Perdition & Could Bring Down The Iran Regime. Iran Supreme Leader Have Miscalculated This Time. The Persian People Won’t Fight For The regime This Time. Israel Requires The Cunning Of King David & Wisdom Of Solomon!

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 0:07 at 0:07
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      i’m going to humpabck your back hole your dirty sharmouta hairy motha dog stinku sharmouta

      • Nov 21, 2019 @ 2:02 at 2:02
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        Oh man!
        Tommy, Tommy, nasty Tommy….
        Log in with a facebook ID and you will understand how I know it is you.

        • Nov 21, 2019 @ 3:58 at 3:58
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          Its not me, i dont post under Jim or any of your names. Its not my style and besides I have no issue with stepping on people’s toes. I have the same issue from time to time but nothing like this. Jim is a all caps guy and has a certain flow and way of saying his thing so its easy to tell when the real Jim Carroll is posting.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 0:08 at 0:08
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      i will humbback you too you dirty hairy dog and dirty sharmouta!!1

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 0:53 at 0:53
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    i will hump all the protesters who are dirty and hairy sharmoutas and smelly stinky dogs and goats too

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 2:05 at 2:05
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    Israel needs to get serious or suffer far greater destruction. Take out the Iranian presence in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and the West bank now including Iranian military leaders! Take control of all Israel land from the sea to the river.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 23:21 at 23:21
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      The operation was not that much different than past operations, maybe more targets. It was Bennett’s first, realistically there may have to be more. We’ll see if the next operation, matches the rhetoric he’s issued for years.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 3:22 at 3:22
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    The big problem here are the Russians, otherwise Israel would have taken care of Iran long time…… look at how they are complaining at the security council.
    But Tommy, Iran cannot be patient,there pants are on fire back home in Iran, and in Iraq, Lebanon too(by the will of God of Jacob)…mybe the war has started………
    IDF, ACTIVATE NRUTRON bombs

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 3:31 at 3:31
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      I will activate a neutron bomb deep in your back door you dirty sharmouta and blow your hairy humping hole to 1000 dirty pieces you dog sharmouta

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 4:54 at 4:54
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      Russia is just doing the honorable thing and standing up for a rules based international order. What is the point of having laws and treaties when those continually breaking these laws and killing thousands of people receive no penalty? BDS is the most basic answer, war crimes tribunals are more fitting.

      • Nov 22, 2019 @ 0:13 at 0:13
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        Not aware that Israel is killing thousands of people but prepared to believe they are killing dozens. You may be thinking about the more than 1300-year war twixt the Shia and Sunni branches of Islam, which indeed has killed large multiples of thousands. About 98% of Muslims killed in conflicts are killed by Muslim-on-Muslim violence.

        The absence of Israel would really not affect the overall Muslim death statistics at all.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 5:25 at 5:25
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    i will hump all dirty sharmoutas from war crime tribunals and dirty and hairy dogs who don;t give us oil and gas. all those dirty sharmoutas will be penetrated and humbedbacked in their stinky hole and theit motha will be too dirty and stinky.

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  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 8:50 at 8:50
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    Arabs cannot shamouta ANYBODY @jim,their men are soft fleshed like ladies, with the same corresponding female’s characteristics of disunity, uncontrollable fury and venom………I hope I am correct

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 9:36 at 9:36
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    Iranian Mullahs think their errand boys Sulimani and Salami will lob those BIG ROCKETS into central Israel causing big civilian casualties and Israel will keep quiet? If ANY perchance reach such destinations then it must be made crystal clear to Iran that Teheran will also be hit hard. Another thought is that because of the unrest in Iran,are the Mullahs trying to provoke some Israeli attack on the motherland so as to unite the Iranian Street against a common enemy instead of against the Mullahs??? Just thinking.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 12:34 at 12:34
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      Ilisrselis are a religious lot,so seeing them beseech God should not be strange to you pagans.
      IAF will soon fly over quam and explosions such as have never been seen before will felt….. The Iranian mountain will vaporize in fire…..I can bet my life on it.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 10:08 at 10:08
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    THE ISRAELI POPULATION SHOULD REFUSE TO VOTE FOR THE THIRD TIME. WE WILL BE A LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD. IF ‘BIBI’ THINKS HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE AN ‘EVER LASTING’ PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, LET HIM SAY SO, NOT DRAG ISRAEL INTO THIS COMICAL SITUATION. OR MAYBE HE WANTS TO BE THE ”MESSIAH”. HE HAS LEARNT A LOT FROM DONALD TRUMP, AND NOT ALL FOR THE GOOD. I LOVE ISRAEL, AND HAVE FAMILY LIVING THERE, BUT THIS IS A COMEDY.MAY HASHEM BLESS THE ISRAELI PEOPLE, THEY DON’T DESERVE ALL THIS NONSENSE.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 11:47 at 11:47
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      I vote for Moshiach Son of David.

      • Nov 21, 2019 @ 13:02 at 13:02
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        24 As I live, saith the L-RD, though Coniah the son of Yehoiakim king of Yudah were the signet upon My right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
        25 and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
        26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bore thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
        27 But to the land whereunto they long to return, thither shall they not return. {P}
        28 Is this man Coniah a despised, broken image? Is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? Wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
        29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the L-RD.
        30 Thus saith the L-RD: Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of Dovid, and ruling any more in Yudah.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 10:33 at 10:33
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    @alan, the riotings are a bigger threat to the mullas regime than either Israel or America

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 11:27 at 11:27
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    We see that ,,friends,, helped Iran to be real in its threats to Jews ..now we are waiting who will start first the war…nor US ne8ther Ru. wiĺl help Israel bc so much time id lost…but now Jews see that God alone can save them…some rockets from Iran and tiny Israel is dead

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 11:50 at 11:50
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      Fascist Iran will be annihilated if the US or Israel suffer a WMD attack.

      Tehran is a static target, as are Qum and Forder and the others. The Ayatoolas can bring the End of the Iranian experiment to the end if they are STUPID enough to anger mighty Israel.

      Then there will be no need for gasoline for cars when Fascist Iran is in rubble – AND the US will take their oil for Free and sell it to the world for $2 per barrel.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 12:37 at 12:37
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    Ilisrselis are a religious lot,so seeing them beseech God should not be strange to you pagans.
    IAF will soon fly over quam and explosions such as have never been seen before will felt….. The Iranian mountain will vaporize in fire…..I can bet my life on it.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 13:34 at 13:34
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    @Robert – Percentage of ?️‍?gay?️‍? population: 8.2 (men) and 4.8 (women)
    Believe it or not, Israel seems to be the ?️‍?gayest?️‍? country in the world per capita. Israel is one of the most developed and open-minded countries in the Middle East, we might say, and recent research on the topic of LGBT population among Israelis has shown that even 8.2% of men admit they are gay! Also, Tel Aviv Pride is one of the most visited events of that kind in the world with much over 100,000 participants coming each year.
    https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/15-gayest-countries-in-the-world-per-capita-611641/?singlepage=1

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 14:04 at 14:04
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      Mecca is the gayest city in the world – all those naked hairy men marching in circles.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:28 at 15:28
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      Are you surprised? Look at how Israeli females look like … simple answer why men here would rather do each other.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:45 at 15:45
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      Lol, so much for the worlds most holy (well ahole definitely) nation. So no surprise full circle back to ?️‍?Sodom and Gomorrah?️‍?

      • Nov 21, 2019 @ 17:12 at 17:12
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        Real Jews do good. Real Jews are not the rich of the world, necessarily. So some people who are not Jews are blaspheming by saying that they are what they are not, but they are the real synagogue of Satan, using the name “Jew” to hide themselves.

        Moses after they had been in the caves of Europe for 2000 years he taught them Torah, but he also taught them some of the forgotten tricknology of their father, Yakub. Ever since they came out of the caves, Moses taught them the Torah, but their scholars came up with the Talmud.

        • Nov 21, 2019 @ 17:25 at 17:25
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          Very wise words indeed, Old School. Its easy to take a something pure and beneficial and twist it into something entirely different to what it was intended. Thats why Jesus spoke out against the Rabbi and the Teachers of the Law. Judaism as g-d had intended is an entirely different thing to what we typically see today, but then the same applies to typical Christianity

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:27 at 15:27
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    I will hump any dirty israeli gay guy dirty hairy sisraeli gay humpingback in his hairy back hole diseased and stinky and i will humpingback every israeli hairy dog and goat. I AM THE CHOSEN HUMPER OF ISRAELI DIRY ANDHAIRY GAYS!!!!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:42 at 15:42
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    palesswines one and all

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:51 at 15:51
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    Debka sorely needs to edit these comments. The majority of them are very immature.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:51 at 15:51
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    Debka sorely needs to edit these comments. The majority of them are very immature.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 15:52 at 15:52
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    Debka sorely needs to edit these comments. The majority of them are very immature.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 17:02 at 17:02
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    @Yaakov… Agree, but Comments can’t compare to the Iranian’s People Rise Again, to Combat 40 Years of Khomeinist Shiia Tyranny, Corruption & Deaths in the Mideast is Far Worst!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 17:07 at 17:07
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    I WILL EDIT YOUR DIRTY AND HAIRY BACKOLE AND HUMPBACK IT HARD AND LONG IN YOUR STINKY BORWN PUDDING VERY SMELLY SHARMOUTA!!!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 17:49 at 17:49
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    Looking for a quick hookup in Beersheba. I can host for a hung top. Clean bottom here. Leave a contact. Hosting all night.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:11 at 18:11
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      Mecca is Gay Central. That’s why naked hairy men stream there.

      And the women. Whew, There’s a reason why they wear black sacks that cover their head, ankles, hands. It’s Thick Smelly HAIR with Lice.

      • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:25 at 18:25
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        You and the Original Jim Carroll are very funny. Keep up the good work! Debka should give you guys a slot once a week for your own article.

        • Nov 24, 2019 @ 17:24 at 17:24
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          THANK YOU MY SWEETHEART FRIEND. MY FRIEND MARG BAR AND I DESERVE TO CO-HOST A SHOW ON YOUTUBE!

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:52 at 18:52
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      I WILL GIVE A HOOKUP ALL NIGHT LONG IN YOUR BOY HOLE YOU SHARMOUTA!!! GET READY!!!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:42 at 18:42
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    Iran Regime that thought it can Dig Holes for Other Nations is Finding Out Iran is Falling into that Hole Too!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:45 at 18:45
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    With due respect to Debka, I do not recall seeing Israel claiming it eradicated Iran’s military array in Damascus and its vicinity. All reports I read spoke of damaging.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 18:51 at 18:51
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    I WILL ERADICATE ALL SMELLY HUMPBACKING SHARMOUTAS HAIRY AND DIRTY DOGS AND GOATS TOO.

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:03 at 19:03
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    I WILL HUMPBACK THE CHARGED & INDICTED CRIMINAL YAHUUUU ALL NIGHT LONG AND ALL DAY LONG HI HIS CELL. THIS DIRTY HAIRU SHARMOUT WILL BE POUNDED TIME AFTER TIME BY ALL CELL MATES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HIS STINKY HAIRY DISEASED HOLE WILL BE DESTROYED BY ALL PRISON SHARMOUTAS. HE WILL BE THE SHARMOUTA FOR ALL OF US!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:14 at 19:14
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    @Zeek… Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail = Iran Regime Fundamental Worth Inversion!

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:17 at 19:17
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      How about the indicted Bibi brother? How about that!!!!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:24 at 19:24
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    WHAT A SAD DAY FOR ISRAEL!! I HOPE PRESIDENT TRUMP EXTENDS A POLITICAL ASYLUM FOR BIBI AND THEN CUT OFF ALL AID TO ISRAEL AND LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF NETANYAHU WHO CAN RULE FROM THE UNITED STATES. WE CAN’T ACCEPT THIS. THIS IS A COUP!! BETRAYAL!!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:25 at 19:25
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    I fully agree Gst001. Trump must step in and intervene in this farce!

  • Nov 21, 2019 @ 19:28 at 19:28
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    As long as IDF is loyal to Bibi he can rule from Washington. Kochavi is the right man for the job!! He has been groomed for this situation.

    • Nov 21, 2019 @ 21:05 at 21:05
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      Bibi will be locked up in a tiny prison cell, this is where the traitor belongs. Because of the indictment and the extradition treaty there will be no ability for hm to hide in the US. He is also guilty of war crimes so Europe and the rest of the Western World is out as he will no longer have any diplomatic immunity.

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  • Nov 22, 2019 @ 4:44 at 4:44
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    All this is probably intended to distract us from Bibi’s prosecution announcement. Now that he has shown his true colors far fewer people are ever going to trust him again. How dare he say that by enforcing the law that this is a coup? All that Bibi has done is to further divide the nation in an attempt to keep himself out of prison. Someone who would harm Israel for personal gain is our enemy. A Pox on the shmuck and his family for all the harm that they have caused Israel.

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