IDF soldiers on the Syria-Israel border. Photo by Yaron Kaminsky
Israel To Ask Obama To Use Air Strikes In Case Of Syrian Missile Transfer -- The Guardian
US expected to resist Israeli pressure to attack Iran, while Tel Aviv unlikely to yield on Palestine, leaving Syria a common goal.
Israel will use President Obama's visit on Wednesday to try to persuade the US to carry out air strikes on Syria if there is evidence that Syrian missiles are to be handed over to Hezbollah in Lebanon, or at least to give full support to Israeli military action to prevent the transfer.
On this week's trip to Israel and the West Bank, Obama will also come under Israeli pressure to lower the US threshold for military action against Iran, while the US president will try for an Israeli commitment to a peace process with the Palestinians. Neither side is likely to be successful, leaving Syria as the most promising arena for agreement.
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More News On Reports That Israel Wants The U.S. To Launch Air Strikes In Syria To Stop Missile Transfers To Hezbollah
PM to request US carry out joint airstrikes on Syrian missiles -- Times of Israel
Israel may ask Obama to hit Syria missiles -- UPI
Report: Israel to ask Obama to stop the flow of arms from Syria to Hezbollah -- Haaretz
J'lem to ask Obama to stop Syria arms transfers -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: Here is an easy prediction .... President Obama is going to say no to this request.