1 / President Trump updated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in a phone call on Monday about his decision to pull U.S. forces out of Syria, Netanyahu said today in a statement
2 \ Netanyahu said he spoke yesterday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the issue. Netanyahu said Trump and Pompeo reassured him the U.S. will still have other way to influence the situation in Syria even without forces on the ground
3 \ Netanyahu said in his statement on the US pullout: "This is a U.S. decision and we will study its timetable, its implementation and its repercussions for us. In any case we will make sure Israel's security is preserved and we will defend ourselves from this arena"
4 \ U.S. pullout from Syria is dramatic for Israel which was very concerned about such a move by trump. Last year Netanyahu lobbied Trump very hard to convince him to keep U.S. forces in Syria
5 \ Israel who is fighting against Iranian entrenchment in Syria is mainly concerned about the U.S. evacuating its forces from Al-Tanf base which blocked Iran from forming a land corridor from Iran Via Iraq and Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to the Mediterranean. END
