Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has likened Israel’s bombing of Syrian military targets to the British bombing the WWII French Vichy fleet to frustrate the Nazis – and has warned Israel will extract a ‘heavy price’ if Syria now aligns with Hezbollah or Iran.
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00:00We have no intention of interfering in Syria's internal affairs, however, we do intend to
00:05do what is necessary for our security.
00:07As such, I approve the air force bombing of strategic military capabilities left by the
00:12Syrian military so that they will not fall into the hands of the jihadists.
00:16This is similar to what the British air force did when it bombed the fleet of the Vichy
00:20regime, which was cooperating with the Nazis, so that it would not fall into the hands of
00:24Nazis.
00:25We want to have relations with the new regime in Syria, but if this regime allows Iran to
00:29re-establish itself in Syria, or allows the transfer of Iranian weapons, or weapons of
00:34any kind, to Hezbollah, or attacks us, we will respond forcefully and we will exact
00:39a heavy price.
00:41What happened to the previous regime will also happen to this one.