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Israel Plans for War With Iran and Syria
By Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter
The Times UK
Sunday 03 September 2006
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Threatened by a potentially nuclear-armed Tehran, Israel is preparing for a possible war with both Iran and Syria,
according to Israeli political and military sources.
The conflict with Hezbollah has led to a strategic rethink in Israel. A key conclusion is that too much attention has
been paid to Palestinian militants in Gaza and the West Bank instead of the two biggest state sponsors of terrorism in
the region, who pose a far greater danger to Israel's existence, defence insiders say.
"The challenge from Iran and Syria is now top of the Israeli defence agenda, higher than the Palestinian one," said an
Israeli defence source. Shortly before the war in Lebanon Major-General Eliezer Shkedi, the commander of the air force,
was placed in charge of the "Iranian front", a new position in the Israeli Defence Forces. His job will be to command
any future strikes on Iran and Syria.
The Israeli defence establishment believes that Iran's pursuit of a nuclear programme means war is likely to become
unavoidable.
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