Isis And Israel

[nailit]

Never really thought about this before, until it came up in a conversation today, but why are groups like ISIS attacking Europe and not Israel? Plenty of news coverage re: Paris etc but why Europe? Why arent ISIS attacking Israel?
Why do ISIS suicide bombers infiltrate France but not Israel?
I'm not particularly a newshound and miss a lot of current affairs so I could be wide of the mark here' but thought it was an interesting point,
Thanks.

[bunkmoreland]

Isis/daesh also want to destroy the western way of life i.e freedom of speech and free will. The west is a soft target for their "publicity"

[Hypognosis]

@Svejk & Birdie
//You'll find a few on this site, birdie. Weird, ain't it? //

I have to confess I resemble that remark.

Too much exposure to BBC reporting, which has a terrible tendency to be emotive where it is supposed to be just factual and neutral.

Compound that with Facebook and Twitter memes and a desire not to lose touch with relatives, friends, or the random strangers formerly known as 'followers', on Twitter, by failing to 'like' or retweet the things they send me and the net effect is a millisecond-quick reflex response to sympathise with the innocents who get, say, white phosphorous dropped on their school because the Hamas baddies have been using it as a safe hideout. Or their local hospital gets blown up, in spite of - or perhaps because of - use of a smartbomb.

So, despite myself, I have been impervious to attempted social media/BBC brainwashing and come out believing both sides are bad.

"As ya do."

[sevenOP]

"In response to questions that appeared on several Internet sites as to why the Islamic State wasn’t fighting Israel instead of killing Muslims in Iraq and Syria, the organization responded on its Twitter account: “We haven’t given orders to kill the Israelis and the Jews. The war against the nearer enemy, those who rebel against the faith, is more important."

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/New-UN-report-reveals-collaboration-between-Israel-and-Syrian-rebels-383926

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.630359

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-1.

https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-ISIS-attacking-Israel

[mikey4444]

nailit...because Israel is not attacking them !

[Orderlimit]

Spokesman for radical jihadi group says the time is not right for a confrontation with Israel

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182751#.Vk4IvnbhCUk

[naomi24]

Mikey, //because Israel is not attacking them !//

They are not 'fighting back'. They have a different agenda altogether.

[mikey4444]

Naomi...nailit asked a simple question..."why are groups like ISIS attacking Europe and not Israel" and I gave him a simple answer.

Israel has enough problems of its own. But if ISIS were to be so foolish to start a terrorism campaign Israel, Israel would soon fight back.

[naomi24]

Indeed they would.

[keyplus90]

I remember asking this question a few months ago. Did not get a single explanation.

[nailit]

Got a link keyplus?
Would be interested to see it.

[keyplus90]

It was asked during a thread and to find that I will have to go through a lot.

[naomi24]

Keyplus, no problem. It's been explained here.

[Gromit]

Israel follow US foreign Policy, and that is to leave ISIS alone. ISIS are the primary threat to Assad in Syria, who the US (and therefore Israel) want removed, in the first place.

ISIS attacked the jewish supermarket in Paris in January, but the Israelis were persauded not to retaliate, even though they were itching to do so.

Israel has already bombed ISIS in Syria by plane. ISIS detonated two car bombs in Lebanon last Friday. If they can get a foothold there, that is within striking distance of Israel, and I suspect Israel would be forced to join the war which the US are against, because that would unite everyone else against Israel.

So short answer, the US does not want Israel involved, and ISIS do not wNt to take Israel on - at the moment.

[sandyRoe]

An attack on Israel would just be another in a long line going back over 60 years. It wouldn't garner as much publicity.
On militant Islam's southern front Book Haram regularly commit outrages where casualties run into the hundreds. We in the west rarely hear about them.
The ISIS strategists know the value of publicity.

[keyplus90]

My little Birdie, nomally I would have ignore you but here I would thank you. I was not sure how to find or look for it and I appreciate your effort. After all it shows that a few people do this as a full time job.

[naomi24]

^You never ignore him.

[keyplus90]

And the answer to the question is simple. They do not attack Israel because that is not their mission. Their mission is to kill Muslims, and creat havoc and defend Western interests especially the interests of USA.

[Togo]

//My little Birdie,//
An eagle more like.

[keyplus90]

I know you don't trust me and I have no problem with it. But it is true that I don't even read his posts. He is worth it.