‘President Trump’s resolve and Israel’s support remain unchanged,’ Netanyahu said, referring to a US-led attack on sites connected to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Retired general and leading security expert John Allen told The Jerusalem Post that if Syria were to gas Israelis, it would be “virtually regime suicide.” Backing a recent assessment by a senior Israeli military official, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis told a news conference in Tel Aviv Friday morning that Syria still possesses chemical weapons. Meeting with his… Read more »
Calling the use of chemical weapons ‘a barbaric tool, repugnant to the conscience of mankind,’ US Ambassador Samantha Power urged the UN Security Council to take ‘strong and swift action’ against the perpetrators.
The possession of chemical weapons by ISIS in close proximity to Israel would be perceived as crossing a “red line.” Israel would take immediate action to destroy the threat.
Notwithstanding the announcement of a ceasefire in Syria, government forces have continued using chemical weapons against civilians, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said.