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U.S. Backing of Russian Plan on Syria Leaves Israel Wary
(New York Times) Jodi Rudoren - There was pessimism in Israel that Syrian President Assad would actually turn over and ultimately destroy his chemical stockpile. Jonathan Spyer, a senior research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, said he expected that Assad would turn the Russian plan into an "epic, mammoth filibuster."