After quickly taking over the UN-mandated buffer zone, Israel expanded its operations to nearby countryside reaching as far as Qatana, 26 km from Damascus.
No doubt they identify key decision makers, then blackmail and threaten them. They believe it's their right to do this shit. It's a national mental illness. Must be frustrating and dangerous for Israelis who don't support this.
Maybe believing you are gods chosen people, isn't the best starting point when building relations?
As I see it, the Israeli experiment has failed, and now it's the responsibility of the countries behind it, to step in and close it down, or at the very least set boundaries.