Cabinet intelligence briefing: Syria preparing for war, Hamas strengthening

At the weekly cabinet meeting today, the Israeli Philharmonic received an intelligence briefing from Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of the Research Division at the Military Intelligence Branch. According to Baidatz, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad is working on two fronts simultaneously: On the one hand, he (Assad) doesn't rule out the possibility of a diplomatic settlement with Israel, but on