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Written by GPO

Published: 19 March 2013

Mark Regev:  First question, Israel Channel Two, Udi Segal.

 Udi Segal:  Mr. President, may I ask you about Syria a practical question and a moral one?  Morally, how is it possible that for the last two years, tens of thousands of innocent civilians are being massacred, and no one in the world, the United States and you, are doing anything to stop it immediately.  On a practical level, you have said today and also in the past that the use of chemical weapons would be crossing of a red line. It seems that this red line was crossed yesterday. What specifically do you intend to do about it?

 Pres.: I'll answer the question in reverse order, if you don’t mind. I'll talk about the chemical weapons first and then the larger question.  With respect to chemical weapons, we intend to investigate thoroughly exactly what happened. Obviously in Syria right now you've got a war zone, you have information that's filtered out, but we have to make sure that we know exactly what happened, what was the nature of the incident, what can we documented, what can be proved. So I've instructed my teams to work closely with all other countries in the region and international organizations and institutions to find out precisely whether or not this red line was crossed.

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