ISRAEL HAYOM
German journalist says only country ISIS fears is Israel
by Daniel Siryoti, Eli Leon, Reuters and Staff
December 28, 2015

“The only country ISIS [Islamic State] fears is Israel,” German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer said in an interview with the British Jewish News after spending 10 days in Islamic State territories in Iraq and Syria. The German reporter and former member of the German parliament is the only Western journalist to have been granted access to areas ruled by the extremist group…While there, Todenhofer interviewed Islamic State fighters who told him they “know the Israeli army is too strong for them.” According to Todenhofer, Islamic State does not fear Western soldiers and seeks to lure American and British ground forces to operate in its territories so it can kidnap them. “They think they can defeat U.S. and U.K. ground troops, who they say have no experience in city guerrilla or terrorist strategies, But they know the Israelis are very tough as far as fighting against guerrillas and terrorists,” he said. READ MORE