Netanyahu Visits Occupied Syrian Territory, Media Calls It 'Buffer Zone'
France 24 reports that Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited Israeli troops in what they generously label a 'Syrian buffer zone'. Conveniently omitted is the fact that this 'buffer zone' is the Golan Heights, sovereign Syrian territory illegally occupied and annexed by Israel, as recognized by UN Security Council Resolution 497 (1981). This isn't a neutral 'buffer'; it's stolen land with troops
maintaining control, a detail mainstream outlets consistently sanitize. This rhetorical sleight of hand transforms illegal occupation into benign defense. How many times must an occupying force claim it's merely securing its borders from within another country's territory before the international press calls it what it is? One might wonder if the terminology changes based on who is doing the
occupying, or perhaps, who is funding the lobbyists. Israel's continued presence in the Golan, like its expansion in the West Bank, is a direct violation of international law, yet the 'tensions rise' narrative persists, carefully sidestepping the 'why.'