The Israeli War cabinet has NOT heeded the warning’s from its own military and intellgence community…
The continual push hunting down Hamas and Hezbollah fighters, with no regard for the collateral damge in Gaza, and now Lebanon, IS slowly changing things in the Middle East….
AGAINST Israel and with that?
FOR Iran, whose newly elected President has been working to engage other countries to embrace a Palestinian state , without Israeli occupation , something Netanyahu and his cabinet ARE Against….
It is POLITICALLY impossible for President Biden and VP Harris to get a ending to the Israeli action’s by November 5….
But?
That WILL cease to be the case if Harris wins and CERTAINLY NOT the case if Trump wins….
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Israel NOT listening to the American President and the American President STILL sending arms?
Could be posting a second Biden foreign policy screw-up after Afghanistan….
Erasing his US Senate Foreign Policy resume experence time….
The collapse of Iran’s economy and oil exports could drive oil/gas price thru the roof and harm American and other economies, while leaving the whole Middle East in disarray…
Which would further upset and America dealing with a Europen conflict….
And?
No Palestian state would STILL be an issue for the Midddle East going forward ….
All of this would land in the lap of an American President looking over a Israel dependant on America….
While Mr. Netanyahu continues to reject the creation of a Palestinian state, Saudi officials have taken to newspapers and public speeches to put a two-state solution on the negotiating table. That, the kingdom has said, is the only way at this point for Israel to win favor with Saudi Arabia, largely seen as the leader of the Arab world.
What changed? Images started streaming out of Gaza of children buried alive under rubble, mothers grieving over their dead babies and Palestinians starving because Israel had blocked aid from entering the territory — all of which made it impossible for the Saudi leadership to ignore the issue of Palestinian statehood.
“What Gaza has done is set back any Israeli integration into the region,” said Ali Shihabi, a Saudi businessman who is close to the monarchy and sits on the advisory board of Neom, a futuristic citythat is the pet project of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s future ruler. “Saudi Arabia sees that any association with Israel has become more toxic since Gaza, unless the Israelis change their spots and show a real commitment to a Palestinian state, which they have refused to do.”
For now, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf partners remain skeptical about the sincerity of Iran’s diplomatic overtures. While two of Iran’s proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, have been hammered by Israel, Iran still arms and supports its third ally, the Houthis in Yemen, which have attacked Saudi Arabia.
But “as long as the Iranians are reaching a hand out to Riyadh, the Saudi leadership will take it,” said Mr. Shihabi, adding that, if Iran is serious, “that would be a true realignment of the Mideast.”
Saudi Arabia and Iran have long jockeyed for regional dominance, a rivalry shaped by the competing branches of Islam each country embraces….
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“But now we see that the U.S. has no power or influence over Israel — to a humiliating degree,” he added, “and that the Israelis have no intention to create a Palestinian state.”…
A Israeli Iran strike may happen after all….
There has been a leak of the Israeli plans for a strike…
The leak of a pair of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents describing recent satellite images of Israeli military preparations for a potential strike on Iran offers a window into the intense American concerns about Israel’s plans. It also has U.S. officials working to understand the size of the improper disclosure.
The two documents were prepared in recent days by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which is responsible for analyzing images and information collected by American spy satellites. They began circulating on Friday on the Telegram app and were being discussed by largely pro-Iran accounts.
The documents, which offer interpretations of satellite imagery, provide insight into a potential strike by Israel on Iran in the coming days. Such a strike has been anticipated in retaliation for an Iranian assault earlier this month, which was itself a response to an Israeli attack.
One of the documents is titled “Israel: Air Force Continues Preparations for Strike on Iran,” and describes recent exercises that appeared to rehearse elements of such a strike. The second document details how Israel is shifting the placement of its missiles and weapons in case Iran responded with strikes of its own….
Iran does have worries about a direct conflict with Israel, backed by America….
Despite official efforts to project strength, however, the depth of the crisis for Iran is clear: Israel is crushing Tehran’s allies in the region, making it more vulnerable to attack. And while the United States has sought to limit the scope of Israel’s response, the strikes could destabilize Iran’s fragile economy, stir divisions among government opponents and undercut hopes that the country’s new, pro-reform president would usher in an era of engagement with the West.
“We have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a visit to Baghdad last week, part of a whirlwind diplomatic tour across the Middle East to shore up support ahead of the strikes. “We are not afraid of war, we are ready for war, but at the same time we don’t want war,” he told reporters at a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart…
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In recent years, Iran has seen waves of anti-government protests, including unrest that erupted in 2019 after authorities abruptly cut fuel subsidies, raising the price of gas virtually overnight.
In 2022, the death of a young woman in police custody set off a months-long nationwide uprising. More than 500 people were killed, according to the United Nations, and thousands more were arrested.
“No foreign attack can harm the Iranian people more than” the government has, said Babak, a 28-year old from Tehran.
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Among opponents of the Iranian government, the prospect of Israeli strikes has triggered debate over whether to support the attack. Some Iranians, like Babak, say they hope a military strike will facilitate the downfall of the country’s leadership, while others warn that supporting Israel is dangerous and that any escalation will bring more suffering to Iran’s population….
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