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Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=214533
Former IDF Intelligence Head Doesn't See Conflict with Syria
(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger - Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, who finished a five-year term as head of IDF intelligence at the end of 2010, told The Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Wednesday that even if the current unrest in Syria brings a more radical regime to power, he didn't foresee conflict between Syria and Israel in the near term. He predicted that any new authority would first have to spend significant time consolidating its grip on the levers of government before taking action against a neighbor. Yadlin also noted that there might be a change for the better in Syria, as well as other Arab countries whose dictators are being pushed out, and urged Israelis to be mindful of the positive opportunities the current turmoil offered. "A democratic Middle East is good for Israel. Two democracies hardly go to war," he argued.