FADC: Hand out gas masks immediately

Jerusalem Post | Jul. 15, 2008 | Rebecca Anna Stoil

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Israeli civilians are unprepared for nonconventional attacks, warned prominent members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday afternoon, blasting the defense establishment for ignoring calls to fix the situation.

According to Steinitz, between four million and five million gas mask sets are currently sitting in warehouses awaiting distribution. The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has already threatened sanctions against the defense establishment if it does not hand out the equipment.

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As we continue to see the escalation of rhetoric language by Iran, Israel and the United States this buried story sends a message to the reality of war for Israelis.

Another interesting story related to this whole issue is President Bush's change of stance sending William Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, to open diplomatic relations with Iran despite the fact they've not stopped enriching uranium which has been a longstanding precondition laid by the administration before any diplomatic talks begin.

When the talks fail, and the call for a strike on Iran is given -- then it can be said -- we tried to even means of diplomacy before the war started.

Until next time,

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