Israel uses aggres­sion as a policy agains­t its neighb­ors, Mohamm­ad Javad Zarif tells Munich Securi­ty Confer­enceMUNICH: Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday the shooting down of an Israeli jet after it bombed an Iranian site in Syria had shattered Israel’s “so-called invincibility”, reacting to a critical speech delivered earlier by Israel’s premier. “Israel uses aggression as a policy against its neighbors,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Munich Security Conference, accusing Israel of “mass reprisals against its neighbors and daily incursions into Syria, Lebanon.”“Once the Syrians have the guts to down one of its planes it’s as if a disaster has happened,” Zarif said. “What has happened in the past several days is the so-called invincibility (of Israel) has crumbled,” Zarif said of Netanyahu’s remarks, which followed the Feb 10 downing of an Israeli F-16 jet. Anti-aircraft fire downed the jet as it was returning from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria. The jet was hit by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile and crashed in northern Israel, according to an Israeli official.

Source: The Express Tribune February 19, 2018 06:56 UTC