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For Israel, Syria Intervention is Both a Security Imperative and Risk

Syria Intervention

For both ethical and security reasons, Israel cannot allow the use of chemical weapons on its doorstep. But backing U.S.-led military retaliation on Bashar al-Assad's regime poses a real security risk Israel.

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