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In one of the most explicit expressions of Israel’s views, its Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, a close adviser to Netanyahu, told the Jerusalem Post in September 2013 that Israel favored the Sunni extremists over Assad. “The greatest danger to Israel is by the strategic arc that extends from Tehran, to Damascus to Beirut. And we saw the Assad regime as the keystone in that arc,” Oren told the Jerusalem Post in an interview. “WE ALWAYS WANTED BASHAR ASSAD TO GO, WE ALWAYS PREFERRED THE BAD GUYS WHO WEREN’T BACKED BY IRAN TO THE BAD GUYS WHO WERE BACKED BY IRAN.” HE SAID THIS WAS THE CASE EVEN IF THE “BAD GUYS” WERE AFFILIATED WITH AL-QAEDA.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:34:54 +0000

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