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>Your first comment was phrased in present tense and was about current Israeli aggression. What about Israel regularly attacking the Syrian territory near its
by fuoqi 6y ago
>Your first comment was phrased in present tense and was about current Israeli aggression.
What about Israel regularly attacking the Syrian territory near its capital using Lebanese airspace without permission and allegedly using civilian aircraft to shield its warplanes from return fire? Yes, Israel and Syria are formally in a state of war, but so are Russia and Japan.
Iranian forces on the Syrian soil pose a threat to Israel? Sure. But they stay there with permission from the internationally recognized government (does not matter if you like it or not), so those strikes is a clear act of aggression against Syria and violation of its sovereignty.
And I haven't even touched the Golan Heights, continued occupation of which is clearly illegal under the international law. But who cares about the international law if it's your best buddy in the region, right? You may as well recognize its sovereignty over the territory with zero repercussions.
- davidf18 6y agoBefore making comments, study the situation. Syria was building both nuclear weapons facilities and gas facilities in their country in addition to conventional weapons. If Canada or Mexico were doing the same to the US as Syria does to Israel, the US would bomb them as well. Regarding illegal occupation, you must mean that France is occupying Alsace-Lorraine which belongs to Germany and Poland s occupying Upper Silesia which belongs to Germany. France is occupying German territory after WWI, and Poland after WWII. Also Russia is occupying Japan's Sakhalin Island. But the US government recognizes the Golan as part of Israel, apparently you don't keep up with current events. Hence the Golan is not illegally occupied by Israel. But Alsace-Lorrain, Upper Silesia, and Sakhalin Island are German and Japanese territory occupied by other countries. "United States recognizes that the Golan Heights are part of the State of Israel." https://il.usembassy.gov/proclamation-on-recognizing-the-golan-heights-as-part-of-the-state-of-israel/ https://il.usembassy.gov/proclamation-on-recognizing-the-gol...
- fileyfood500 6y agoI think what's missing here is that Israel trying to defend itself from Syrian aggression. Israel's occupation of the Golan heights is in response to multiple Syrian invasions and attacks from the position, and Israel has offered to return the Golan heights to Syria in return for peace. Unfortunately, Syria still chooses not to recognize Israel, and as you point out, hosts Iranian forces on Israel's border. It's fair to say Israel has violated international law in an attempt to protect its sovereignty from Syrian aggression.