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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers to keep silent about Syria to avoid the impression "Israel" is pushing the international community into armed intervention.

According to "Israeli" army radio, Netanyahu gave the instructions after his Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin suggested the international community might react militarily to "take control of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal".

The radio station reported Netanyahu sought to avoid that Elkin's words be seen as an "Israeli" attempt to push the United States into launching a military operation in Syria.

The political commentator on military radio said that "US hesitancy over the Syrian issue in the last few days, however, is causing a great deal of worry in "Israel"."
This comes after "Israeli" officials pushed US to act regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu convened his security cabinet Sunday for an in-depth discussion of the situation in Syria.

"The meeting was believed to be the first in-depth discussion on the matter by the new security cabinet since the new government was formed in mid-March, and reportedly dealt with different scenarios "Israel" had to prepare for," "Israeli" dailies reported.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org