Former senior GSS figure Ehud Yatom, running for a spot on the Likud's Knesset list, was asked today about the seemingly hopeless battle in light of today's attacks in Kenya. "I would like to remind you," Yatom answered, "that we received warnings of attacks on El Al flights in Rome and Nairobi in the mid-1970's, and the information we received allowed us to thwart these attacks. Intelligence information is the name of the game… I believe that there was cooperation in this attack between Al-Qaeda and Hizbullah or the Palestinian terrorists of DFLP..."
National Religious Party leader and Brig.-Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam, also speaking with Arutz-7 today, seemed to find a silver lining in the cloud of today's Kenya attacks: "If it turns out that Al Qaeda was responsible for today's Kenya attacks - and this we may never know for sure - we will know that we are part of the worldwide struggle against terrorism."
Arutz-7: "You mean that Israel will fight against Fatah, Hamas and possibly Hizbullah, while the U.S. fights Al-Qaeda?"
Eitam: "Precisely, and we will do so in a coordinated manner and as part of a world-wide effort, though of course we will have a special interest in our own regional matters."
National Religious Party leader and Brig.-Gen. (res.) Effie Eitam, also speaking with Arutz-7 today, seemed to find a silver lining in the cloud of today's Kenya attacks: "If it turns out that Al Qaeda was responsible for today's Kenya attacks - and this we may never know for sure - we will know that we are part of the worldwide struggle against terrorism."
Arutz-7: "You mean that Israel will fight against Fatah, Hamas and possibly Hizbullah, while the U.S. fights Al-Qaeda?"
Eitam: "Precisely, and we will do so in a coordinated manner and as part of a world-wide effort, though of course we will have a special interest in our own regional matters."