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On February 2, Voice of Russia contributor Konstantin Garibov headlined "Israel's air attack against Syria heralds new regional conflicts," saying:
Doing so entails great risks. Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's attack. It called it "an unprovoked attack against a sovereign state."
Syria declared the right to respond. International law permits justifiable self-defense. Lebanese political scientist Imad Rizk called the attack's timing "symptomatic."
Netanyahu "returned to big politics." He forming a coalition government. He's negotiating for strategic advantage. He'll deal with Washington's new Secretary of State.
"It looks like the attack became the US and Israel's joint declaration" of war on Syria.
Vladimir Putin said "Israel will keep delivering blows on facilities or forces participating in the Syrian conflict. They would be either Islamist groups of troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad. I can foresee that as the crisis becomes worse, Israel could expand its participation in such attacks."
Israel allegedly fears Islamic extremists. Supposedly it's concerned about ties to Hamas and Hezbollah.
Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies analyst Vladimiri Sotnikov believes "It would be a nightmare for Israel."
It's likely what Israel prefers. It needs enemies to justify belligerence. Peace, calm and stability defeat its agenda.
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