The IDF’s former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin says he doesn’t think Assad should be celebrating the speech. He also says he doesn’t think the Israeli public is panicking.
The studio debate on Israel’s Channel 10 notes that official Israel is going to have to stay silent for a good few more days now.
Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Barack Obama at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem in March. (photo credit: Pete Souza/Official White House)
This speech reinforces all of Netanyahu’s fears with regard to Iran, says a Channel 10 news analyst, Raviv Drucker. Watching Obama’s speech, says Drucker, the prime minister would be thinking, ‘how can I possibly convince Obama to take on Iran, a move that might well require US boots on the ground?’
David Cameron has just tweeted that he understands and supports Obama’s position.
While instant analysis in Israel is that the speech represented Obama trying to duck away from a strike, the CNN studio debate seems to believe Obama actually does want to win backing for a strike.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer says the week of September, when Congress is scheduled to come back into session, will be highly interesting now, given that more particulars from the UN inspection in Damascus may be available.
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