#usa #israel #syria #lebanon #iran : #golan / #occupation / #uno / #internationallaw

»“I just think (…) they know that that’s not likely. Now saying that, in the Golan with Syria, they still occupy the Golan against the UN resolutions, against all of the international order, which has said the Golan is Syria's,” Barrack said.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-envoy-turkey-israel-occupies-golan-despite-un-resolutions-international-order

See also:

„U.S. ambassador responds to rising tensions between Israel, Turkey and Syria“
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-ambassador-responds-to-rising-tensions-between-israel-turkey-and-syria

So what did Netanyahu do in the face of a wave of protests: start a war. launched an attack on the #Gaza Strip. And later launched attacks on #Lebanon and intensified attacks on #Syria.

It did help to partially quell the protests. It did somewhat break their momentum and they failed to create a general strike or something close to it.

Note: this is certainly not the single goal of the recent attacks. It is also an excuse for some parts of the government of the more lunatic nature (BTW: Katz is not lunatic by nature. He just follows Netanyahu's orders to cooperate with the lunatics).

#Israel