His comment about the Islamic State’s apology was made as part of a broader point about Israel’s policy for Syria, which is largely non-interventionist.
Ya’alon was explaining that Israel carries out strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces in retaliation when spillover fire hits the Israeli Golan Heights.
Golan Heights is as israeli as the pacific ocean is Martian. The claim that fighting in Syria spilling over to another part in Syria gives Israel the right to shell Damascus alongside the notion that they’re non-interventionist shows how well they’ve learned imperialism from the US.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/report-israel-treating-al-qaida-fighters-wounded-in-syria-civil-war-393862
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-defense-minister-says-is-apologized-to-israel-for-november-clash/
Holy hell that second article.
Golan Heights is as israeli as the pacific ocean is Martian. The claim that fighting in Syria spilling over to another part in Syria gives Israel the right to shell Damascus alongside the notion that they’re non-interventionist shows how well they’ve learned imperialism from the US.