M E N O R A H: Embattled Assad may start conflict with Israel

M E N O R A H: Embattled Assad may start conflict with Israel

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Mofaz says real possibility that Assad will try to engage Israel militarily in order to deflect attention from massacre.

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Shaul Mofaz warned Monday that the duress which Syrian President Bashar Assad finds himself under could soon lead to an armed conflict between Syria and Israel.

"The closer the Assad regime in Syria gets to death's door, the bigger the threat against Israel becomes," the Kadima Mk stated in an interview with Army Radio.