Russia sending 50 armoured vehicles to Palestinians

[CougarKing]

Yikes. Though would it be realistic to say these would hardly pose a threat to the Israeli armoured forces?

MOSCOW - Russia has offered the Palestinian Authority 50 armored troop transport vehicles, set to be delivered in the next three months, a senior Russian Army officer told the Interfax news agency June 2.
"The delivery of the armored troop transport vehicles has been negotiated with all the countries involved. They will be delivered by sea from July to September," said the officer, who declined to be named.


The 50 armored vehicles, which are being provided by the Russian Defence Ministry, are ready to be dispatched, he added.

The announcement came on the day Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was visiting Moscow, where he was received by the Russian leadership.

In late May the Israeli ambassador to Russia, Anna Azari, told Interfax that the Jewish state had agreed to the delivery of armored vehicles to the Palestinian Authority, which controls parts of the West Bank.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4118802&c=MID&s=LAN

 

[Jammer]

A new nation needs a standing Army.
Israel can understand and remember 1949.

 

[exspy]

I agree that the armoured vehicles will not be a threat to the IDF.  I would suspect that the Palestinian Authority will be more likely to use the vehicles against Hamas than anyone else.  Maybe the Israeli government will give the PA forces in the West Bank free access through Israeli territory to reach Gaza.  One nation, especially a country in waiting like Palestine, can't survive with two governments.

Cheers,
Dan.