In Israel there was a rush to get gas masks on Wednesday over fears of Syria’s chemical weapons being used against them.

Until recently, there was no concern in Israel about becoming involved in the conflict inside Syria as the focus of Israel has been on the Iranian threat.

The nerve and mustard gas agents that are believed to be stockpiled in Syria could be open to fall into the hands of rouge groups such as Islamic militants from Hezbollah or others should Syria’s current government fall.

“For us, that’s a casus belli, or red line,” stated Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday.  On Israeli radio he indicated that Israel would act immediately to prevent that.

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