JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the situation in Syria must be stopped and Israel will take steps to protect itself.
“Our finger must always be on the pulse. Ours is a responsible finger and if necessary, it will also be on the trigger,” Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting.
“We will always know to defend our people and our state against whoever attacks us, tries to attack us or has attacked us.”
Netanyahu said the deaths of hundreds of Syrian civilians allegedly by chemical weapons — what he called “weapons of mass destruction” — were “a terrible tragedy and an awful crime.”
Netanyahu said the deaths of hundreds of Syrian civilians allegedly by chemical weapons — what he called “weapons of mass destruction” — were “a terrible tragedy and an awful crime.”
“This situation must not be allowed to continue,” he said .... http://www.jta.org
