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[quote=Anonymous]It really isn't that complicated. Ever since the war in 1973, there's been a general understanding between Syria and Israel over the Golan Heights. That particular corner of the world has been fairly peaceful for 50 years. It tends to be Druze and those on the Israeli side have been absorbed within Israeli society without issue for decades.

The sudden collapse of the Assad regime and the resultant abandonment of positions by the Syrian army changed things. If you've ever been to the region, you can visibly see how important the Golan Heights are strategically for anyone that controls them. Or is subject to anyone else that controls the Golan Heights. It's an important piece of geography.

Syrian government forces abandoned this extremely significant, strategically important, high land with the collapse of the Assad government. There are a dozen militias in Syria, including ISIS. It's not unreasonable for Israel to secure the area during a time of turbulence.

I don't trust the Netanyahu government at all. But I think this is a momentary national security issue that's driving things, rather than a move to change borders with a well-established state. The next move will be dependent on how the situation in Syria unfolds. Israel taking land is untenable. But securing their country from threats from violent Islamic radicals like Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and so on will be broadly supported in the short term.   [/quote]

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