Israeli invasion of Syria

I've been as critical of Israel as anybody this past year but I can't blame them for this. Last thing they need is advanced weapons systems falling into the hands of ISIS or Al Qaeda. More on reddit.com

Does the unpredictable Al-Queda affiliate really need Bashar Al Assad's hand-me-down Fire arms, missiles, military equipment and Sarin gas supplies? Israel going all Marie Kondo Commando on this stuff to clean it out by joyfully sparking it is just in everybody's best interests.  After all it used to be used on Syrians.  Why let it be used on them again, or be resold to people with villanous intent? More on reddit.com

I love how he alternately says he freed Syria from its dictatorship by bombing Hezbollah - something he's been doing for years with limited effect - finally admits he's been drip-feeding rebels with weapons even though he shouldn't have been (to justify what a hero he is), and then tells us all he's going to expand further into Syria. To stop the rebels, of course. Now that Russia isn't there, of course. Got nothing to do with that huge water source right on the border that he can take for himself, I'm sure. He says it's temporary, while he's building anti-tank things - which I assure you will be his NEW border. Fine, we're glad that Iran has been weakened. But why are we still putting up with this shit from Israel? Is nobody even going to make a statement? More on reddit.com

Here's an actually serious answer if you are looking for it:

Israel captured the Golan heights from Syria in 1967. 6 years later in the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Syria tried to reclaim it and caused major losses for the IDF (bloodiest war in Israeli history). Eventually Syria got beaten back and Israel invaded and captured another chunk of the Golan, holding it for several months even after a ceasefire was signed.

In 1974, Israel and Syria reached an agreement whereby Israel would return the territory it captured in the Yom Kippur War, and that this area would become a demilitarized zone enforced by a newly created UN mission (UNDOF). Part of this agreement was that Syria and Israel would patrol their respective sides of the demilitarized zone.

Fast forward 50 years in which this agreement pretty much held up, and Syria decendend into a civil war. Even throughout this civil war, the terms agreed to were pretty much honoured by both sides, with minor infractions by Syrian rebels factions (incl ISIS).

However, due to the collapse of the Syrian government in the last two weeks, the Syrian soldiers that were supposed to enforce their end of the deal abandoned their posts. The result? Rebel factions entered the demilitarized zone, even going as far as to attack the UN garrisons.

So according to the deal, Israel now has the right to ensure it's own security, and will probably hold these strategically important points until a new agreement can be reached with the new Syrian government to renew it's enforcement.

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