(Israeli Defense Minister)Lieberman: ‘Butcher’ Assad’s removal is ‘ultimate goal’

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Lieberman: ‘Butcher’ Assad’s removal is ‘ultimate goal’
Israel’s defence minister has called on Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad to be removed from power as an ultimate goal
December 19, 2016, 12:16 pm

The removal from power of Bashar Al Assad is an Israeli interest and ultimate goal, Israel’s defence minister said amid claims that troops loyal to the Syrian president were perpetrating a massacre in Aleppo.

Avigdor Lieberman made the remarks, which constitute an unusual departure from Israel’s policy of nonalignment in Syria, on Thursday in Eilat, where he was speaking before participants of that city’s Limmud FSU conference on Jewish learning.

“Assad is a butcher who has massacred people,” Lieberman said, adding: “The State of Israel has said ‘never again,’” a reference to the rejection of genocidal policies following the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its allies against Jews during the Holocaust. “This massacre, occurring in plain view with chemical weapons, is morally unacceptable.”

But Lieberman said that Assad’s removal was an “ultimate goal” for Israel as opposed to an immediate one.

Continued: http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/lieberman-butcher-assads-removal-is-ultimate-goal/