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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a second meeting in two days of his security Cabinet to talk about the Syria situation.<\/p>\n
The security Cabinet was set to meet Tuesday afternoon — a day after a delegation of senior Israeli officials met in Washington with U.S. security officials — to discuss the repercussions on Israel of a possible U.S. military strike on Syria, according to reports.<\/p>\n
A statement issued late Monday by the U.S. National Security Council said that National Security Adviser Susan Rice hosted a delegation of senior Israeli officials “for consultations on Iran, Egypt, Syria, and a range of other regional security issues.”<\/p>\n
The Israeli delegation was headed by Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror, chairman of Israel\u2019s National Security Council and Netanyahu’s national security adviser.<\/p>\n
“Today\u2019s meetings were the latest in a series of regular, high-level consultations between the United States and Israel, consistent with our strong bilateral partnership, and part of our unshakeable commitment to Israel\u2019s security,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Syrian and Iranian officials have said that if the United States attacks Syria, Israel will come under attack by the two countries and other allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo military attack will be waged against Syria,\u201d said Hossein Sheikholeslam, a member of Iran\u2019s Islamic Consultative Assembly, according to the Times of Israel. \u201cYet if such an incident takes place, which is impossible, the Zionist regime will be the first victim of a military attack on Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khalaf Muftah, a senior Baath party official in Syria, said in a radio interview, according to the Times of Israel, that Damascus would consider Israel behind any military strike on Syria and would respond with “strategic weapons” in strikes on Israel.<\/p>\n