- Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon warned
that recent Syrian overtures towards Israel, Turkey and the US - made under
duress - mean nothing, and that the IDF may have to strike at Syria again
if it does not curtail assistance, finding and refuge to terrorist organizations.
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- Speaking at the Haifa Universtiy's National Security
Research Center assembly, he claimed that part of the pressure was US strategy,
part Israeli threat and part payment for supporting the Saddam regime in
Iraq.
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- Ya'alon also said that his constant dilemma was whether
to strike at "ticking bombs", perhaps prompting an attack, or
wait for that bomb to explode and then "be right". This was in
part a result of Israel's indecision in defining the character of the struggle
with the Palestinians, which encumbers the legitimacy of potential anti-terror
activities.
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