Triad of Terror: PA Terrorists Meet With Iranian FM in Damascus

Officials from Palestinian Authority terrorist factions met in Damascus Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki to discuss the situation in Gaza and the upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast summit.
According to a member of the Iranian delegation who spoke on condition of anonymity, Motaki met with Hamas deputy politburo head Moussa Abu Marzouk, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, and PA officials.
Members of Syrian-based PA terrorist factions who oppose the Israel-PA talks and who were not invited to the conference in Washington will hold their own meeting in Damascus on November 7.Officials from PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas's faction are trying to convince Syria to cancel the Damascus conference, saying it will undermine Fatah's influence among the PA population.Motaki's discussions Tuesday with the PA terrorist factions followed meetings Monday with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Syrian and Iranian leaders are seeking to strengthen bilateral ties.Israeli security officials are worried about the impact of the "triad of terror" on the ability of the Jewish State to ward off attacks from Gaza, noting that Hamas operatives have been receiving advanced terrorist training in Syria and Iran.Three IDF soldiers were killed during counter-terrorism operations in Gaza in the past three months, a toll that has not gone unnoticed by the defense establishment. A plan to cut fuel supplies to Gaza after a rocket attack is launched from the region was passed by the cabinet but put on hold by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz until humanitarian guidelines are worked out.A barrage of Kassam rockets were fired at the western Negev midday Tuesday. One slammed into a building in the city of Sderot, located barely a kilometer away from Gaza. No one was physically injured, although the structure was damaged. Two other rockets landed in open areas.Two rockets exploded earlier in the day in a western Negev kibbutz, damaging a building but hurting no one.
by Hana Levi Julian
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/
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