Gunman's Father: He Supported ISIS, Was 'Obsessed' With Israel

Syed Farook, father of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, tells the Italian newspaper La Stampa  his son was a supporter of the Islamic State and he tried unsuccessfully to reason with him.

"My son said that he shared [IS leader Abu Bakr] Al Baghdadi’s ideology and supported the creation of the Islamic State. He was also obsessed with Israel," the senior Farook said. He was quoted in English in The Times of Israel.

"I told him he had to stay calm and be patient because in two years Israel will not exist any more," the father said. "Geopolitics is changing: Russia, China and America don’t want Jews there any more. They are going to bring the Jews back to Ukraine.

"What is the point of fighting?" the father continued. "We have already done it and we lost. Israel is not to be fought with weapons, but with politics. But he did not listen to me, he was obsessed."

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