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ISIS Is No Existential Threat To Israel
2014-09-05
[Ynet] Despite trail of horrors it is leaving behind, jihadist group is operating hundreds of kilometers away from our border, and even if it were closer, it would unlikely be able to strike at Israeli residents.

The additional brutal murder of an American journalist on Tuesday by ISIS is inflaming the general panic this terror organization has spread in Israel, among other places -- but this panic must end.

Despite the trail of horrors it is leaving behind, ISIS is operating hundreds of kilometers away from our border, and even if it were closer, it would unlikely be able to harm Israel and its residents.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  That only leaves the ISIS' arch-rival widin Al-Qaeda, i.e. the AL-NUSRA BOYZ.

* IIRC GUAMPDN > [Golan Heights area = Al-Nusra] AL-QAIDA FIGHTERS ON THE BORDER WITH ISRAEL.

versus

* FREEREPUBLIC [Business Insider] KERRY: WE WILL DEFEAT ISIS IN [1-3] THREE YEARS.

"WILL" also read "MIGHT".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-09-05 19:50  

#6  ....last time I checked they were still being threatened with death existentialism.
Posted by: Secret Master   2014-09-05 19:47  

#5  Anyone heard anything about the Fijians?
Posted by: Grunter    2014-09-05 18:29  

#4  hundreds of kilometers away

Two words: Golan Heights -Is not hundreds of kilometers away. An errant mortar has already maimed an Israeli civilian and have been prevented from farming their fields along the border.

Jihadies aren't existential threat to UN Peace Keepers either.
Posted by: mossomo   2014-09-05 14:40  

#3  Existential threat = Forced to read French Naturalism.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-09-05 10:26  

#2  "Existential" is one of those words the press loves to overuse to the point where it has little meaning. It adds nothing to the word threat.

It is doubtful ISIS would survive in a direct confrontation with Israel. However, it is more likely they would infiltrate across borders and cause trouble such as suicide bombings and the shooting of citizens. More like the Mumbai attacks.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-05 09:41  

#1  The immediate danger to Israel from ISIS is that the attention in Israel and in the world would be diverted from the Iranian nuclear program

Cui bono?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-05 03:23  

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