Etiket arşivi: Netanyahu

The West in a Leadership Crisis

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March 30, 2026

Last Saturday, the war in Iran entered its second month. During the past four weeks, the only European leader to object to the attacks on Iran was Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. He issued a clear and firm refusal on March 6, saying, “No to war,” and denying the US permission to use joint Spanish-American military bases against Iran. In the following days, he warned that the Iran war represents a “far worse” scenario than the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He said Israel “seeks to inflict the same level of damage and destruction” on Lebanon as on the Gaza Strip.

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Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq and the Attack on Libya

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March 20, 2026

Today marks a somber double anniversary in Middle Eastern history: 23 years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and 15 years since the UK, US, and French intervention against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in Libya. Years later, the region is not the beacon of stability once promised; instead, it is engulfed in an even more expansive and destructive conflict. As German Foreign Minister Wadephul remarked two days ago, “One thing is clear: We are living through an exceptional moment in history.”[i]

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Operation Regime Change (2)

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March 9, 2026

On March 1, the next day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, President Trump stated that the US military intends to sustain its assault on Iran for “four to five weeks” if necessary, insisting that it “won’t be difficult” to maintain the intensity of the battle, even as he warned of the possibility of further American casualties.

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Operation Regime Change

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March 2, 2026

In the 2012 presidential elections, Hassan Rouhani was elected with a very carefully worded program of change. The President and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif appeared to agree that confrontation with the West over the nuclear program was doing more harm than good to Iran. Thus, on July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the UK, the US, and Germany) and Iran reached an agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program would be exclusively peaceful.[i]

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Peace in the Middle East?

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January 7, 2026

With the US attack on Venezuela, Gaza and Ukraine have moved down the global agenda. Previously, there was a seesaw relationship between the two. When violence or “peace efforts” in one attracted attention, the other faded into the background. During the past week, they were hardly mentioned. Yet they are still with us, and the world does not need new reminders.

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A Critical Day for Gaza

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October 6, 2025

On September 29, 2025, President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu met at the White House. Mr. Trump announced his 20-point plan for Gaza. During remarks to the media with the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Trump said that Hamas has ‘three or four days’ to respond to the proposal.

Last Friday, “An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.

His fixing the deadline one day before the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel was another warning to Hamas, signaling that without an agreement, that very day would be a big day of punishment. Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey started talks with both Hamas and the US administration.

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UNGA 80’s “High-level Week 2025”

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September 29, 2025

The “High-level Week 2025” is now behind us. As expected, there was no progress on any of the major questions confronting the world. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi chose to skip the high-level session. The former virtually addressed the meeting on climate change. And President Putin’s travels remain restricted by the ICC War Crimes Warrant.

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The Contradiction Between Trump’s Policies in Ukraine and Gaza

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August 25, 2025

In an article published in The New York Times on March 13, 2014, John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, explained the background of the Ukraine conflict as follows:

“…The taproot of the current crisis is NATO expansion and Washington’s commitment to move Ukraine out of Moscow’s orbit and integrate it into the West. The Russians have intensely disliked but tolerated substantial NATO expansion, including the accession of Poland and the Baltic countries. But when NATO announced in 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine “will become members of NATO,” Russia drew a line in the sand. Georgia and Ukraine are not just states in Russia’s neighborhood; they are on its doorstep. Indeed, Russia’s forceful response in its August 2008 war with Georgia was driven in large part by Moscow’s desire to prevent Georgia from joining NATO and integrating into the West…”[i]

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With the Israel-Iran War, Gaza Becomes a Secondary Issue

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June 16, 2025

The US-Israel relationship began with the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The Truman administration was among the first to recognize the new state, combining moral obligations following the Holocaust with strategic interests in the Middle East. During this early period, US involvement in the West Bank and Gaza was minimal since these territories were under Jordanian and Egyptian control, respectively.

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