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Netanyahu: Iran Seeks to Send Its Submarines to Syria's Mediterranean Ports
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Speaking on BBC on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "Iran openly calls for our destruction. Iran openly says it's out to destroy what they call the 'small Satan' en route to the 'Great Satan' which is the United States....It is seeking to colonize Syria for that purpose - that is, to 'Lebanonize' Syria; what they did in Lebanon that Prime Minister Hariri resigned over is basically took over the country....The same thing is being done in Syria." "As ISIS collapses, as ISIS moves out, Iran moves in, but they want to bring their air force there, right next to Israel; they want to bring Shi'ite and Iranian divisions right next to Israel; they want to bring submarines and military vessels into the Mediterranean, right next to Israel. So we will not let that happen; we will resist it." When asked if Israel would go to war to stop this from happening, Netanyahu responded, "You know, the more we're prepared to stop it, the less likely we'll have to resort to much greater things. There is a principle I very much adhere to, which is to nip bad things in the bud."