05.02.2012                      12.Schwat. 5772

Diplomatie:

Israel's Vice PM: Fall of Assad could weaken Mideast 'axis of evil'

Moshe Ya’alon tells Army Radio that Israel won't interfere in Syria politics, but that end of President's regime could bring ‘relatively moderate’ Sunni elements into power.

Israel has not and is not interfering in the political crisis in Syria, Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Sunday, adding that he did not think radical Islam would take over the country in case Syrian President Bashar Assad is ousted.
Ya’alon’s comments came as Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a Western-Arab UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to step aside….