Med tanke på att Turkiet är Israels främsta allierade i Mellanöstern och redan förbannade på Israel för deras stöd till Kurderna i Irak kanske läget inte är det bästa. Turkarna låter förbannade och Syrien har förlorat ansikte.

Den intressanta frågan är förstås varför israel skickar stridsflygplan in på syriskt territorium just nu?
Haaretz

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Monday that Israel Air Force warplanes dropped live ammunition during an alleged violation of Syrian airspace in the early hours of Thursday.
Muallem, who was addressing a press conference in Ankara along with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan, was quoted Monday as accusing Israel of having carried out an intentional and hostile act.

Meanwhile, former MK Azmi Bishara said Monday he believes Israel carried out an operation in Syira. ”Without getting carried away in speculation, this was an aerial operation, not an [airspace] violation in order to send a message,” he wrote in an article published on the Syrian Web site Sham-Fares. Bishara wrote that the operation was extremely serious, and that it could become a pretext for certain Lebanese or Syrian officials to go to war.

The Balad chairman added that that Israel’s silence on the issue is unusual. ”Israel has wrapped itself in silence and imposed this path on even the most talkative politicians, as the quiet after the storm could become the quiet before the storm,” he wrote.

Bishara listed several potential targets for the operation: arms smuggling, anti-aircraft systems, or missile systems. Alternatively, Bishara wrote, Israel may have been testing Syrian air defenses in order to map out a route for an air strike on Iran.

For its part, Turkey said Monday that Israel has promised swift investigation of a possible violation of Turkish airspace.

Babacan demanded a quick explanation from Israel over the fuel tanks found near the Syrian border, calling the incident unacceptable, the Associated Press reported Monday.

”This situation is unacceptable for Turkey,” he said.

Israeli officials have maintained a rare silence over the widely reported incident. At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, no ministers spoke with the press and journalists were not allowed to ask questions, in a break from custom.

”This is an unacceptable development,” Babacan said during the joint news conference.

”All countries in the region must show respect to all countries’ sovereignty and avoid acts that lead to tensions,” he said. ”Otherwise, tensions would be fueled and peace and stability in the region might be harmed.”

Turkey has demanded a prompt clarification from Israel and was still waiting for a response, Babacan said.

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