Can Syntax Errors be handled?

Consider the following code:

try:
    if True a = 1  #It's missing a colon So it's a SyntaxError!!!!!!!
except SyntaxError:
    print 'hey'

You'd expect it to print hey However It raises a SyntaxError, The same error I'm trying to avoid. So Can all Exceptions be handled using a try-except block? Well If SyntaxError's were an exception why is it included in the built-in exceptions? and finally how can I fix the above piece of code so that it handles the exception properly?

Note: I know what I'm trying to do Is utterly pointless and serves no real purpose

Can Syntax Errors be handled?

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