Liberman says Iran threats prove Israel right to be concerned

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says the latest threat against Israel from Iran proves Jerusalem’s concerns over Tehran’s military aspirations are justified.

“The threat today proves what we have claimed all along,” Liberman says at an event at the site of the future settlement of Amichai. “Iran is trying to entrench itself in Syria to establish facts on the ground and threaten Israel from there.”

“We will act with all of the means at our disposal so as to not allow this,” he adds.

Earlier today, Iran’s military chief of staff warned that Tehran would not tolerate violations of Syrian sovereignty by Israel and vowed that the two countries would jointly fight against Syria’s enemies.

“It is not acceptable for the Zionist regime to violate Syria any time it wants,” General Mohammad Bagheri said during a rare visit to Damascus that began Tuesday evening.

His comments came after Israel on Monday struck an anti-aircraft battery inside Syria, which followed the firing of a Syrian missile at Israeli planes on reconnaissance flights over Lebanon.