© Reutersmedia"Vlad...it's me, your little Bibi. Promise me no more Iran. They annoy, I suffer. Oy gevalt!"
"Iran is trying to establish itself permanently in Syria, with a military presence on the ground and at sea, and also a gradual attempt to open a front against us on the Golan Heights," Netanyahu said on March 5. Netanyahu said he would state "Israel's sharp and vigorous opposition to this possibility" at the meeting with Putin.
Comment: Whose Golan Heights were they before Israel usurped them? Syria's.
Iran has been a major backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, providing him with military and financial support. Russia, also a key Syria backer, has conducted military air strikes in support of Assad.
Israeli officials have warned against Iran's growing influence in the region.
Putin and Netanyahu last met in June 2016, when Putin called Israel a "key country" for the Middle East.
Comment: Bibi is a political squeaky wheel that uses annoyance to his advantage. He deflects Israel's actions onto his 'enemies', then demands someone else fix it. Part and parcel of his repetitious whining is the calculation that when persistence becomes overly annoying, he will likely get someone else to do what he wants. It has worked so far.