Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, appearing for the first time before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today, said that we must relate to the attacks in Kenya not according to their results, but according to their intended results. Three Jews were killed in Kenya on Thursday, but the terrorists meant to shoot down a planeload of 271 Israelis, and their carbomb was meant to murder dozens of Israelis who had just arrived at a Mombassa hotel. "The security framework has begun deriving lessons from the combined carbomb and missile attack," he said.



Mofaz also noted that the terrorist organizations are increasing their attempts to murder Jews from week to week, and the PA is helping out by sponsoring anti-Israel incitement. "The frequency of terror alerts is now the same as prior to Operation Defense Shield [six months ago]," Mofaz said.