Israel puts itself in the face of Russia

By Caucasus Patriot

The subject will not be in language that targeting Jews, why I’m saying that?

Because it’s always the problem that when somebody comes out in our world to criticize & condemn the actions of Israel along its leadership, became a target of offending the Jews in the world.

Really it’s not the case, criticizing & condemning Israel’s actions has nothing to do with Judaism.

Seventy years after the declaration of the State of Israel, most successive Israeli governments continue to behave as the Haganah and Argun organizations used to before 1948.

During the Cold War, it was known that the Arab-Israeli conflict was part of the West-East War.

The Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact supported Arab states in Syria & Egypt against Israel, while the West represented the United States & NATO stood to support Israel.

After fifty years of conflict & the Middle East still far from “peaceful” course between the Arabs and Israel with occasional direct confrontations, especially in Lebanon, with the emergence of Hezbollah as a counter-Israeli force as well as a number of Palestinian resistance movements.

The events of the so-called “Arab spring” have had a fundamental impact on the reality of events in the region, especially in Syria, a country that is still at state of war with Israel & it has land that still occupied by Israel – the Golan Heights.

Of course, as the Syrian & Iranian support the Lebanese Hezbollah & Palestinian organizations; this kept the conflict on going.

As it known, the Russian military intervention in Syria to support the Syrian government was the decisive factor in tuning the balance of power on the ground until the situation today reached a Semi-settled to the Syrian government, with battles in the country almost ended with the survival of regions of Idlib, the Syrian north & East Euphrates which all are subject to the international regional players until the final form that will decide the end of the crisis in Syria that has been going on for eight years.

As a result of Iran’s presence in Syria with the growing strength of Hezbollah & its actual presence in Syria, Israel was forced to resort to targeting their positions in Syria as well as positions of the Syrian army.

Nor can we forget Israel’s support for the opposition groups that are fighting Assad in Syria & even those that are classified as terrorists, no one can deny the Israeli rule in the Syrian conflict, with logically they are at the enemy side of the Syrian government.

In the past two years there has been a significant change in the situation, after the Syrian defenses have responded to the Israeli attacks, which reached the level of shutting down Israeli aircraft & intercepting Israeli missiles.

As a result of the current situation, the real decision maker in the region is Russia, so Israel turn to Russia to discuss issues related to its security & its demand for Russia to allow Israel to continue targeting Iranian positions & sites of Iranian-backed forces in Syria.

Recently, after the shooting down of the Russian Il-20, points marked a major shift in the course of the situation, also after the US & Western missile attacks on Syria following accusations of the chemical attacks.

Russia worked to modernize the Syrian defenses, especially in the field of air & missile defense, which proved its effectiveness in reducing the losses of all Israeli & Western attacks on Syria, which we can easily say that the Syrian defenses succeed in its mission against all Israeli & Western attacks by more than %90.

This success wasn’t possible without the Russian support and the effectiveness of the Russian defense systems & technologies, even the old ones.

So, the current situation is worrying Israel & it possesses danger on its air superiority in the region, which became today under huge doubts.

With sophisticated defense systems possessed by Syria, which proved its ability in the various confrontations that occurred, with the culmination of the arrival of the S300 also to join the Syrian defense system, the military balance between Syria, its allies (Hezbollah) & Israel has become very different.

Without a doubt, Russia’s support for the Syrian government is seen by Israel in one way or another as a threat to its security.

Certainly, no major American role can be relied upon unless a political solution is reached to end the crisis & to end hostilities in Syria.

The withdrawal of all the foreign forces that entered Syria without the permission of its government may give Israel the security it seeks.

The problem here is that Israel has ambitions that are far greater than the situation in the region.

Today, following recent discoveries of gas reserves in Mediterranean waters, especially those under Israeli sovereignty, Israel seems to have given a new ambition to enter the field of supplying gas to Europe in which Israel will put itself in the face of Russia as well.

Israeli gas is trying to compete with Russian gas, which is being transported to Europe.

Israel recently reached a quadruple compatibility with Cyprus, Greece & Italy to extend a sea pipeline from Israel’s offshore gas fields to Europe, in a seven-year project.

It is expected that for almost seven years, Israel could start supplying gas to Europe through a new pipeline that will pass through Cyprus & Greece to Italy.

The new pipeline will bring gas from the Israeli Loyathan field, which, according to the media, estimates its reserves at 3.5 trillion cubic meters of gas.

The Government of Israel is awaiting the formal signature of the Convention by February 2019.

Apart from Israeli dreams about the idea of ​​merging Russia into the supply of gas to Europe, a number of experts pointed out that the situation with the Israeli pipeline is not as simple as it seems, as a number of experts agree that the technical difficulty of the project is enormous & the cost will rise at least twice for the current estimated amount of 6 billion Euros.

So the project & the cost of its construction will put an additional cost, as the final gas price for European consumers will exceed $ 250 per 1,000 cubic meters, which means that Russian gas will be cheaper.

“It was difficult to say how the situation with the gas supply to the EU would be at the time.

It was difficult to say how the situation would be with the gas supply to the European Union at that time”.

These are words from the Vice-President of the Russian Federation of Engineers, Ivan Andreevsky.

In his statement the vice president of the Russian Federation of Engineers adds that “Israel hopes the price of gas will go up in these upcoming 7 years which is the time of completing the project, but what if that doesn’t happen?”

He added, “There is also an alternative energy that is contending at this time the gas used in power plants, so the Israeli forecasts aren’t based on a realistic basis”.

Gazprom has announced that the total capacity of the N-2 will have to reach 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, so that the overall design capacity of the both Northern stream will be about 110 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

The first & second lines of the Turkish pipeline are expected to reach 15.75 billion cubic meters annually.

Against this background, the expected design capacity of the Israeli pipeline will be modest & the overall cost of the project will be higher than expected imports.

In summary, Israel suffers today from real loss in a number of areas, which is surprisingly with our knowledge of the level of scientific progress in technology that Israel has.

It’s also unreasonable for Israeli experts to miss all these facts.

Why is Israel seeking to enter these fields?

I remind the Israeli government that your obsession with security still exists, therefore don’t think of investment & economic projects, especially in this size, at a time when Israel is suffering from crises at various levels with the corruption of its leaders that adds more oil to the fire.

The problem of the media is that it only talks about the news of the crises of other countries & doesn’t approach or dwell on the crises in which Israeli society suffers.

If the global media were to be transparent & objective enough, the world will finds out that Israel is not very different from its neighbors.