The timing of Israel’s attack on Iran last night came just days before Iranian nuclear deal talks resumed.
The Hamas attack on Israel happened as Netanyahu was undergoing impeachment trials. They also occurred when congress was debating a massive military aid package for Ukraine.
The attack on Syria targeted libraries and where the records of the Assad regime were being stored.
The invasion of Iraq in 2003’s relationship with US-Israeli relations is outlined by the New Statesman. It had an awfully suspicious timing with the 2003 legislative election in Israel.
Alone, none of these seems to be that major.
But when you piece them all together, the timing of new wars and Israeli domestic politics becomes a theme.
The deeper problem is that Iran and Pakistan are allies and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. If Pakistan decides to defend Iran in face of Israeli aggression, nuclear weapons will immediately be on the table. The attack on Iran yesterday is extremely dangerous. The situation needs to deescalate immediately.
There needs to be a serious peace talk between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with the European Union acting as the intermediary to solve the problem of Palestinian statelessness once and for all.
There needs to be the recognition of basic human rights to everyone in the region.
But this will spell the end of Netanyahu’s political career, his trials will resume, and he will be thrown into prison.
Similar to Vladimir Putin, if either Putin or Netanyahu end the wars they have started they will face the full wrath of the law. They would rather watch the world burn rather than face the consequences for their actions.
At first I thought the Israeli strikes against Iran’s military might be a positive, reduce support for Russia, helping Ukraine win. But I was wrong. The truth is the opposite of my instincts. Attacking Iran right now is actually good for Russia because it will drive up the price of oil. Russia will then be able to sell their oil for a higher price to China and other allies of Russia. This will increase their production of military equipment, increasing the slaughter of Ukrainian civilians. The increasing conflict in the Middle East is convincing the United States to move aid which was already allocated to defend Ukraine to go to Israel to help them in their attack on Iran. Civilians will needlessly die because of this development in Israel/Palestine, Iran, and Ukraine.
It also came two days before a proposed discussion with Iran regarding their nuclear program, an undeniably good thing for peace and stability in the Middle East. Now civilians are being killed in Kyiv in retaliation for Israel’s strikes in Iran.
There is no positive to this. We need a ceasefire between Israel, Iran, and Palestine. We need Ukraine to regain all of its territory and join NATO. We need a diplomatic and democratic framework for Palestine. Then there is a chance for peace and to actually reduce instances of terrorism across the Middle East.