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Min. Ayalon warns tensions with Syria 'could lead to mistakes'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel, Syria, Lebanon 

Labor Party Minister and former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon on Saturday said Israel had no intention of attacking Syria, but said that "tensions on the northern border could lead to mistakes on both sides."

During a cultural event taking place in Be'er Sheva, Ayalon stated that Syria still holds Israel accountable for September's air strike in its territory, as well as for the assassination in February of Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Imad Mughniyah in a car bomb in Damascus.
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Ayalon also referred to Israel's civil defense drill set for Sunday, which has caused Lebanon to raise its army's alert.

Ayalon said the drill was planned over two months ago, and was not in any way related to the growing tensions in Syria. "Still," he warned, "we must act in a specific way so as not to cause the Syrians to reach the wrong decisions."

Regarding the situation within the Labor Party, Ayalon said he will not support Labor Chairman Ehud Barak "so long as Barak does not advance peace and other goals for the implementation of which he was elected."

Syria: We choose peace, but we're ready for Israeli attack
Damascus is prepared for an Israeli attack on its soil, but has chosen peace as its strategic option, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Friday.

Moallem told a Sudanese news agency that as Western pressure on Syria intensifies, Damascus is readying for the possibility of further contention with the United States and perhaps even wars in the region.

Also Friday, the Al-Hayat daily reported that Israel and Syria have been exchanging messages of a truce accompanied by mutual warnings against spurring war in the region.


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