Israel has apparently chosen diplomacy and not reprisal, at least temporarily, to deal with the Zurich attack. But the Arabs were put on their notice today not to relax.
Defense Minister Moshe Dyan said that if and when Israel does strike, it will hit them “in the place where it will hurt them most but where it is also most convenient for us.” Addressing scientists at Rehovot, Gen. Dyan said, “We regard all neighboring states as responsible for all terror activities against us.”
His comment followed upon the claim of Lebanon’s Premier Rashid Karami that his country had nothing to do with the attack. The Jordanian Government made a similar disavowal. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel told the Knesset yesterday that Lebanon “bears particular responsibility for the attack because all three attacks on Israeli planes were conceived in Lebanon.”
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