Israel has lodged a complaint before the U.N. chief over the alleged terror campaign launched by Iran and its “proxy” Hezbollah against Israeli targets in recent weeks, including in India and Thailand.
“This campaign bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the Iranian regime and the highest echelons of the Hezbollah leadership. Their actions constitute a clear threat to security and stability of Lebanon, to the Middle East, and to many countries that have been targeted,” Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, said in a letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
In each of these instances in Thailand, India, Bulgaria, Georgia and Azerbaijan, the letter said, Iran and Hezbollah have “sought to harm innocent civilians and have flagrantly violated the sovereignty of member states.”
Noting that an Israeli embassy car was targeted in New Delhi on Monday and Iranian suspects were apprehended over Tuesday’s Bangkok blasts, it said these are not isolated incidents.
“Iran has long employed international terrorism as a pillar of its foreign policy, often using Hezbollah as a proxy to stage attacks,” the letter said.
The U.N. Security Council should have condemned the attacks in New Delhi, Tbilisi and Bangkok immediately, it said.
“Israel expects it to issue a clear condemnation...without any further delay or equivocation. The Council must also address this threat by considering active steps against Iran, Hezbollah and their terrorist infrastructure worldwide,” the letter said.
Keywords: Israel Embassy explosion, Israel-Iran relations
Israel, a tiny state in the Middle East, is now estimated to be the 4th most powerful nuclear weapons state in the world, way ahead of the UK nuclear deterrent. This, although it has just 1/10th of the population of Britain and is less than the size of Wales.
Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal is a secret stockpile in the desert built with the assistance of an American government under the influence of the American Israel lobby. It is the only such nuclear weapons arsenal that is totally outside of the IAEA inspectorate under an astonishing public relations trick known as 'nuclear ambiguity'. A political and military smokescreen designed to allow Israel to build one of the most dangerous nuclear weapons stockpiles anywhere on the globe. Why?
The reasons are complex but are essentially to allow Israel to maintain a strategic military superiority over the entire Middle East region, and its oilfields, for the benefit of its mentor, the US. This leaves the EU strategically vulnerable.
India will do well to heed Israel's advice and work sincerely in improving our anti-terrorism methodology and eliminating terror sleeper cells - there is no country in the world as experienced and as successful as Israel in handling terrorism emanating from Moslem religious idealogy. India must take a firm stand against terrorism of any kind and not hesitate to condemn the act and perpetrators of such dastardly acts. We need to learn from the USA in not forgetting to close the chapter on every terrorist act committed and bring the terrorists to justice.
A god-sent opportunity to Israel to indulge in rhetoric and make noises
about "Islamic terrorism". Focus has completely shifted from the
continuing injustice to Palestinians. There are enough indications that
the bombing incidents were part of Israel's own plot.
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