My thought of the day: why do terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS never mention or attack Israel?
You would think that Israel is a prime target for islamic jihadists, right? Or at least there would be some tensions between them. However, the only problem Israel seems to have is some badly organized attacks from Hamas, a militant group located in Gaza.
I find this rather strange, since Israel shares a border with Syria, which is controlled for 70% by jihadist militant groups:
Source: Twitter user @Souria4Syrians
Yet, there are no problems at all. Even stranger, it is reported that Israel even treats wounded Al Qaeda fighters in Israel itself and sending them back to fight afterwards.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
So, it seems like the relation between Israel and Islamist factions in Syria are probably of the type "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". All sides dislike the Syrian government even more than they dislike each other, which comes in pretty handy in the current conflict. It will be very interesting what the geopolitical landscape will look like in a few months. Maybe relations between Israel and Islamist factions will change, but I wouldn't count on it.
Greater Israel and the Oded Yinon plan
It is important to also keep in mind the Oded Yinon plan: a objective that various Israeli factions strive for, both within the Netanyahu government and the IDF and intelligence services. Its goal is to expand Israel's territory a significant amount. In order to achieve this, the current Arab states should be split up and more easily controllable. This is exactly what has happened with the rise of the Wahabbi militant groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda in the Middle East.
The Jewish state, according to Theodore Herzl, the founder of Zionism
Source: GlobalResearch.ca
What is your take on this? I would love to hear some other viewpoints on this matter, and on the more general geopolitical situation of the region.
"Watch the head of Mossad admit Israel is helping Al-Qaeda in Syria. Our greatest ally doesn't care that Al-Qaeda has murdered thousands of Americans because "they've never attacked Israel."
It's no coincidence that the so called "syrian revolution" started in Daraa, Southern Syria. Since day one, the "rebels" had Israeli backing. They've been financing and supporting them along with Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia (the birthplace of the ISIL wahhabi murders and beheadings). And before ISIL took control of south Syria, Al-Nusra front (Al-Qaeda affiliates) were enjoying Israeli backing and hospital treatment as well.
A very interesting response! I will look into this! =)
All very true
nice post.. its the other side of the coin which is kept hidden... but thanks to intellectual of a few people who has the courage to speak about it..
Thank you!
Good point you have there...very good! I don't understand exactly what the Israelis are hoping to achieve by supporting ISIS and the likes. I think this plan to split up Arab states and grab some territory afterwards has the potential to backfire in a spectacular way. These Islamist fanatics Israel now supports do not seem the kind of people that, in the long run, would tolerate the very existence of a Jewish state. Once the genie is out of the battle it's hard make it go back inside.
I don't know. The Israelis are particularly good in defending their own borders and driving out those that they do not want in it. They have achieved that in most of their territory already, so I don't think it's impossible with other territory.
Thanks for reading @ladyrebecca!
Its the greater Israel project that is in full implementaion now.. they need to destroy the muslim countries and then will launch their proxies to take over and then to show the world they will attack those proxies and take over the whole land... google for the greater israel maps.. u'll see the true picture...
I am Israeli, all our people want is to live in peace. It is people like you that inflate incorrect information and grow the hate. The only land being taken over is by Arab countries in Syria and Iraq.
This is a lie. There is no greater Israel project. There are only Israelis, who are desperate to live in peace.
I hope you realise that not everything you google is true!
Israel does not support ISIS. You have been misled about that.
Israel has no intention of expanding it's borders, nor of being involved in Arab politics, where it can avoid it.
Why don't you ask yourself though, what would you do if you were in Israel's position, and ISIS / Al-Qaeda become active on your doorstep, fighting one of your biggest enemies.
What would you do?
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ISIS has attacked Israel via the Egyptian Sinai border via missiles. The main reason they do not attack Israel is that they are preoccupied with other battles within Syria, Iraq and Souther Egypt. In addition, ISISI would have no chance against the IDF. In addition, Israel provides humanitarian medical support to Syrian people via the shared border, they also provide medical support to Palestinian civilians despite the hostilities . Trying to pin Israel of supporting ISIS is utter conspiracy bullshit, do you really think extreme Muslims would work together with Israel?
the only true answer in this whole post
Very good post and excellent question.
Thank you!
As an Egyptian, I'm wary of conspiracy theories, and would rather that we - Muslims - did some house-cleaning by examining our own conscience, first. Something is rotten in the state of our own community if hundreds of thousands believe that they might murder in the name of the faith... The latest tragedy in Egypt is heart-breaking: https://steemit.com/news/@yahialababidi/184-murdered-while-praying-in-a-mosque-in-egypt-125-wounded-20171124t10145856z
ISIS are big heroes when it comes to attacking broken-down countries (or regions), where they can operate without much opposition. This will not be the case in Israel, which has a strong government and a professional, well-trained modern army.
Isis = Israel
You really believe that?
In the same way that 2 + 2 = A dragon
You are either very uneducated on this, and have been misled by anti-semitic a-holes, or you are an anti-semitic racist yourself, I'm not sure.
Firstly, the Yinon plan is pure fiction. Your source (GlobalResearch.ca) is known to publish lies (https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Globalresearch), and I challenge you to find 1 serious source that supports the idea that Israelis / Jews want to expand Israel to the Euphrates river.
I'm shocked that the brief amount of scrolling through comments that I did showed up no people who challenged you on your preposterous conclusions.
Let's return to the question at hand: Why don't ISIS/Al-Qaeda attack Israel?
They DO! Or at least most of the time they TRY to, but are so hopelessly outmatched by the IDF that their plots end up with the foolish potential perpetrators going to jail. Following are some references I found within 60 seconds;
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Shin-Bet-arrests-Israeli-for-planning-ISIS-attacks-534686
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Terror-attack-on-Temple-Mount-thwarted-thanks-to-Shin-Bet-and-Police-543651
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/two-bedouin-women-from-israel-s-south-charged-with-plotting-isis-attack-1.5729732
And finally, the main reason preventing ISIS/Al-Qaeda from directly attacking Israel is that they are (legitimately) SCARED! The IDF are no joke, unlike the Arab armies of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, etc. and with the advanced firepower they possess they would be able to annihilate ISIS/Al-Qaeda should they choose to do so.
I'd like to end this reply by hoping you are simply uninformed on the topic, and if presented with facts, you are a reasonable enough human being to be able to change your opinion. I like to think of myself as being that way, and we should encourage rational conversation between humans as much as possible.
To rebuttle I say you know not of even the definitions of words. For you use "anti-semite" like it really means something against a Jew and it does not. It is a throwaway word.
Greetings brother.
The CIA Is ISIS.
The MOSSAD owns and controls the CIA.
Why would they attack themselves?