Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a graduation ceremony of Israeli naval officers in the northern city of Haifa September 11, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Netanyahu Gives Guarded Response To Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal -- Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday on a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria's chemical weapons, an accord that drew a guarded response from the Israeli leader.
Netanyahu, in a speech before the meeting, said the agreement would be judged on whether it achieved "the complete destruction" of the Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpiles, and he pointed toward Iran's nuclear program as another test of world resolve.
The deal that Kerry reached with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Saturday called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to account for his chemical arsenal within a week and let international inspectors eliminate it all by the middle of 2014.
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Update: Kerry looks to reassure anxious Israel over US resolve on Syria, Iran -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: Israel did not have much choice on the matter anyway. But Syria aside .... Israel is more worried about this threat.
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