Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 09/15 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 15.- 30. April Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Schlagabtausch auf dem Golan....................................................................................................................... 1 2. Iranverhandlungen und russische Raketen...................................................................................................... 3 3. Gedenktage..................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Medienquerschnitt............................................................................................................................................ 6 1. Schlagabtausch auf dem Golan Bei einem Angriff der israelischen Luftwaffe sind vier mutmaßliche Terroristen getötet worden, die, laut Einschätzung der Armee, im Grenzbereich auf den Golanhöhen einen Sprengsatz anbringen wollten. Der geplante Bombenanschlag war offenbar Reaktion auf den israelischen Beschuss eines Militärlagers in Syrien. Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanyahu erklärte, dass jeder Versuch eines Angriffs gegen israelische Zivilisten oder Soldaten, mit Entschlossenheit beantwortet werden würde. Northern gamble Since Syria became engulfed in a bloody civil war in 2011, a deadly back and forth has been played out between Israel and forces loyal to the Assad regime. (…) it is a dangerous gamble. Israel’s ability to infl u­ence the internal affairs of Syria, Lebanon, or other countries in the region is extremely limited. Jerusa­lem has focused, instead, on maintaining basic ground rules and redlines. No transferring of ad­vanced missiles and weapons systems or chemical weapons from Syria to Hezbollah is one(…). Anot h­er Israeli objective is to prevent Hezbollah from gain­ing a foothold in the Syrian parts of the Golan Heights. An Israel Air Force attack in Quneitra on January 18 that killed the son of Hezbollah’s late military leader Imad Moughniyeh and an Iranian general was part of that effort.(…) Israel has permi t­ted itself to launch these strikes based on the as­sumption that the Assad regime is too embattled to risk escalation.(…) Israel is also betting that He z­bol lah will not retaliate.(…) But Israel’s strategic assumptions might be(…) getting riskier.(…) the situation could easily deteriorate rapidly.(…) Israel is(…) playing an increasingly dangero us game of ping-pong that could eventually lead to all-out war. The truth is that Hezbollah’s bellicose intentions, backed up by concrete actions like the building up of armaments and the encouragement of the Iranians, will eventually lead to a military confrontation with Israel. It is just a matter of time. Editorial, JPO, 28.04.15 With a score to settle, Hezbollah will not give up The attempted across Israel's border with Syria on Sunday night would not be the first time that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization has tried place explosives beyond the border fence, in Israeli territory. The aim was to place explosives so that the shrapnel would wound IDF patrols on the Israeli side of the border, leaving no Syrian fingerprints that could give Israel gr ounds to attack Damascus.(…) 1