- Dr. Max Singer
- May 8, 2018
- Paper No. 825
Israel has neither the power nor the motivation to significantly influence the outcome of the war for control of all the pieces of Syria. Israelโs objective in Syria is to prevent Iran from building military facilities there that increase its ability to attack Israel. The only way Israel can achieve this is by destroying any such facilities that Iran builds, or by convincing Iran not to build any threatening facility out of fear that Israel will destroy it.ย ย