Guesstimate of Palestinian State Declaration by 2008 fits well with Guesstimate of War beginning at some Point in Time between 2008 and 2012!
December 26, 2006
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All the factors favorable, for a guesstimate of a united Islamic Jihad attack against Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2012, seem to be aligning to fulfill that estimate.
Begin Haaretz Article
Report: U.S. weighing plan for Palestinian State by end of 2007
By Haaretz Service
December 24, 2006
A prominent U.S. Jewish weekly has reported that the Bush administration is weighing a plan to declare an independent Palestinian state with temporary borders by the end of 2007, and has begun lobbying Congress to provide $100 million in aid to bolster Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The New York-based Forward newspaper said that the concept for a Palestinian state with provisional borders is based on the second phase of the stalled road map peace plan.
“A diplomatic source, briefed by administration officials on the idea of a state with provisional borders, said this week that the most significant advantage the plan has is that it would allow President Bush to achieve his goal of a two-state solution within a reasonable time frame,” the Forward said
in a story released at the weekend.
“If implemented, such a plan also could help generate support for the United States among moderate Arab countries and possibly assist the American efforts to gain stability in Iraq.”
Congressional sources told the Forward that the administration is asking lawmakers to give the green light to providing up to $100 million in aid previously appropriated for the PA but never delivered because of the Hamas victory
in the January elections.
The proposal, which is said to be gaining support in Congress, earmarks the funds to Fatah-controlled Palestinian security forces, mainly to Abbas’ presidential guard.
The money is to be used for paying salaries and
for equipment, but it would not be used for the purchase of lethal weapons. “Weapons for the security forces are to be provided by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, according to sources familiar with the plan,” the Forward said.
End Haaretz Article
Syria and Hizbollah preparing for High Tech Conventional Grunt War!
December 26, 2005
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Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Exclusive: Syria builds ‘death trap’ villages along border in preparation for War
Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 21, 2006
Warning that Israel may face a “Syrian intifada,” a high-ranking officer in Northern Command has told The Jerusalem Post that villages recently built by Syria along the border are planned to be used as “death traps” for IDF troops in Hizbullah-
inspired attacks.
Since this summer’s war in Lebanon, Syria, the officer revealed, has invested large amounts of money in replicating Hizbullah military tactics, particularly in establishing additional commando units and fortifying its short- and long-range missile array.
The idea is to draw Israel into an asymmetric war, the officer said, like the warfare the IDF encounters in combat against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well as against Hizbullah in Lebanon.
Over the past two years, Syria has built a number of villages along the border with Israel, some inhabited and some not.
At first, the IDF was not sure of their purpose. But now, following the war, the officer said, it was understood.
“Syria drew motivation from Hizbullah’s surprise success this summer,” the high-ranking officer said. “They now want to copy that type of guerrilla warfare.”
While for years it was assumed that Israel had a major edge against Syria’s military with regard to a conventional war – tank versus tank, jet versus jet – in an urban setting, the Syrian military would be able, the officer said, to wreak havoc against IDF infantry and armored units like Hizbullah did.
According to the officer, Syria has drawn three major lessons from the war and has begun to implement them. The first is that rockets – 4,000 struck northern Israel during the 33-days of fighting – can paralyze the home front.
The second is that antitank missiles can penetrate the Merkava tank and force infantry units to abandon armored personnel carriers and trek into enemy territory by foot.
And the third is that in villages and cities the Israeli Air Force’s abilities are limited and IDF ground forces can be defeated.
During the war, the IDF fell into several deadly ambushes in southern Lebanese villages; one in Bint Jbail killed eight soldiers from Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade.
The Syrian military, the officer said, was conducting urban warfare exercises in preparation for the possibility of a war with Israel. The IDF has also dramatically increased its training regiments and has, at all times, between two-to-three brigades training in the Golan Heights.
Lacking clear intelligence regarding Syrian intelligence, the officer said that the Northern Command’s “working assumption” was that there was a possibility of war and there was a need to prepare accordingly.
While defense officials have crisscrossed in recent weeks concerning the sincerity of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s offer of peace, the top officer said that, according to “all the signs,” Syria was preparing for war with Israel. The Syrian military has beefed-up forces along the Golan Heights and Israel
has done the same. In the Hermon, for instance, the IDF has doubled the number of troops.
“The feeling is unfortunately that another round is needed before we will be able to engage in a dialogue or peace talks with Syria,” the officer said. “It is like with the Egyptians. The war in 1973 was what made it partially possible for [Egyptian president Anwar] Sadat to come to Israel.”
Syria, the officer said, has since the war ended, transferred truckloads of weapons and missiles to Hizbullah. Due to the convoys, Hizbullah, he said, was almost back at its full strength where it was before the war with Israel.
End Jerusalem Post Article
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