How many scholars do you reckon will write legal analyses of this strike? How many articles and blog posts will be published in the coming days with a thought-provoking review of UN Charter complexities surrounding Israel’s actions in Syria? How many international conferences will run breakout sessions to discuss the implications of this strike? I can make a relatively safe prediction for you: absolutely zero.

Moreover, to the extent that the Golan Heights are subject to the regulation of the Fourth Geneva Convention (a position which Israel rejects), such cannot justify treating the suburbs of Damascus or the Port of Latakia as being part of a zone of continued international armed conflict between Israel and Syria.

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