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January 2, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israels-strikes-in-Syria-hurt-Iran-612812

Israel's Strikes in Syria Hurt Iran

(Jerusalem Post) Hillel Frisch - Israel's offensive posture toward the Iranian build-up in Syria stems from its desire to prevent the introduction on a mass scale of precision-guided missiles and the establishment of an Iranian-run weapons industry there. But there is another reason behind Israel's resolve: to increase the costs of Iran's imperialism. U.S. sanctions against Iran have struck hard: the Iranian economy contracted by 9% in 2019, especially due to the decline of oil exports. China has recently diversified its oil imports away from Iran, choosing instead to increasingly rely on Russian energy sources. The writer is a professor of political and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University.

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