The prospect of a ceasefire between Iran and Iraq has caught Israeli officials by surprise. The Israeli parliament's foreign and defense affairs committee spent much of the day grilling army and intelligence officers. Israeli intelligence services had completely failed to predict the imminence of a ceasefire." The defense establishment is looking into the significance of the possible end of the Iran-Iraq war," Israel's Defense Ministry said. Israeli officials seem particularly concerned by the fact that the Iraqi repeated use of chemical weapons may have legitimized that method of warfare. Read full story
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