(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - What would Israel have done if the Strela missiles fired by al Qaeda terrorists at the Arkia plane in Mombasa had hit their target? It's impossible to answer that question without first asking: What would the U.S., Britain, or France do if missiles hit their civilian passenger planes? Global cooperation must be expressed in international treaties, an effort to control the funding sources of the terrorists, their helpers and their movements, and through extraditions. Most important is rapid intelligence cooperation. Cooperation is also necessary in the development of security technologies. If international terror wants to destroy global tourism, it does not make sense for each country to invest separately in defense measures, when it is the defense of the international order that is at stake.
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