Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- Israel bombed Syria again. Eight strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur air base near Aleppo. Israel says the base was a threat. But this attack looks like something else. It looks like Israel wants more war, not less.

Israel says Syria let Turkish troops near the base. Israel calls this a threat to its safety. But Syria has a new government now. That government is trying to rebuild after years of civil war. It has not attacked Israel. It has shown no plan to attack Israel. Yet Israel struck anyway. This shows a pattern. Israel strikes first and explains later, if it explains at all.

The United States also seems unhappy. The US has been helping Syria's new government. Tom Barrack, a US envoy, called the strikes an unnecessary...