ISIS has ambitions beyond Syria and Iraq.
What happens when those plans reach the "shores of Tel Aviv?"
Experts Warn Israel of Possible ISIS Threat - Defense/Security - News - Arutz Sheva
"'Everyone is busy killing one another in the Arab world - it gives Israel a 'time out' to reorganize and to prepare itself for the long run,' Neriah stated.
"'If Iraq falls in the hands of ISIS, then we will have a terrorist state - where terrorists will be trained, will be equipped, will be financed by an [entire] state and not by an organization which is [in] hiding.'"
Even if Iraq doesn't fall, ISIS already holds/controls a substantial amount of real estate.
"The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (alternatively translated as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām) (Arabic: الدولة الاسلامية في العراق والشام* al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fī al-ʻIrāq wa-al-Shām or Arabic: داعش* Dāʻish), abbreviated ISIL or ISIS, is an unrecognized state and active jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria influenced by Wahhabism.[31]
"In its unrecognized self-proclaimed status as an independent state, it claims the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.[32][33]
"Several leaders of the organization have claimed that American President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003 led them to wage jihad against the U.S., and that American military action made it easier for them to recruit militants and eventually retake control of the country.[34]"
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What happens when those plans reach the "shores of Tel Aviv?"
Experts Warn Israel of Possible ISIS Threat - Defense/Security - News - Arutz Sheva
"'Everyone is busy killing one another in the Arab world - it gives Israel a 'time out' to reorganize and to prepare itself for the long run,' Neriah stated.
"'If Iraq falls in the hands of ISIS, then we will have a terrorist state - where terrorists will be trained, will be equipped, will be financed by an [entire] state and not by an organization which is [in] hiding.'"
Even if Iraq doesn't fall, ISIS already holds/controls a substantial amount of real estate.
"The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (alternatively translated as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām) (Arabic: الدولة الاسلامية في العراق والشام* al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fī al-ʻIrāq wa-al-Shām or Arabic: داعش* Dāʻish), abbreviated ISIL or ISIS, is an unrecognized state and active jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria influenced by Wahhabism.[31]
"In its unrecognized self-proclaimed status as an independent state, it claims the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.[32][33]
"Several leaders of the organization have claimed that American President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003 led them to wage jihad against the U.S., and that American military action made it easier for them to recruit militants and eventually retake control of the country.[34]"
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia