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Berlin (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned Germany that it could see many more Syrian refugees if Berlin fails to adopt a harder stance against Iran and quit the 2015 nuclear deal.
Tehran has been able to bankroll a growing military presence in countries like Syria and Yemen because sanctions had been lifted in exchange for its halt in nuclear enrichment activities, Netanyahu argued.
Iran wants to "basically conduct a religious campaign in largely Sunni Syria and try to convert Sunnis," said Netanyahu at a joint press conference after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"This will inflame another religious war -- this time a religious war inside Syria and the consequences will be many, many more refugees and you know where exactly they will come," he warned.
More than a million asylum seekers, with Syrians making up the biggest group, have arrived in Germany since 2015, unsettling some Germans.
Netanyahu's comments reflected the reason that had largely led to Merkel's poor score at general elections in September. The Israeli leader was in Berlin on his first stop of a European tour to persuade EU leaders to follow the United States and quit the nuclear deal.
Continue reading @ https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-warns-germany-stop-iran-expect-more-refugees-161655405.html
I don't quite understand Bibi's logic but he seems to know a lot about this refugee crisis in Syria when they are supposedly neutral in the civil war in Syria. People are mad about the refugee crisis in Europe but very few have the courage to criticize the people causing this crisis.
Tehran has been able to bankroll a growing military presence in countries like Syria and Yemen because sanctions had been lifted in exchange for its halt in nuclear enrichment activities, Netanyahu argued.
Iran wants to "basically conduct a religious campaign in largely Sunni Syria and try to convert Sunnis," said Netanyahu at a joint press conference after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"This will inflame another religious war -- this time a religious war inside Syria and the consequences will be many, many more refugees and you know where exactly they will come," he warned.
More than a million asylum seekers, with Syrians making up the biggest group, have arrived in Germany since 2015, unsettling some Germans.
Netanyahu's comments reflected the reason that had largely led to Merkel's poor score at general elections in September. The Israeli leader was in Berlin on his first stop of a European tour to persuade EU leaders to follow the United States and quit the nuclear deal.
Continue reading @ https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-warns-germany-stop-iran-expect-more-refugees-161655405.html
I don't quite understand Bibi's logic but he seems to know a lot about this refugee crisis in Syria when they are supposedly neutral in the civil war in Syria. People are mad about the refugee crisis in Europe but very few have the courage to criticize the people causing this crisis.
