The war that only Israel wanted
This week, veteran journalist Ehud Yaari said that no Israeli should be fooled: neither the United States nor Iran wants a war. The same can be said of the Sunni Gulf states, many of which have repeatedly expressed their support for a negotiated solution rather than weapons, as has ultimately been the case. Israel, on the other hand, has been pressing the issue until President Donald Trump gave the final order. Benjamin Netanyahu persisted until the very last moment. Now he wants to use the war to create a new situation throughout the region, a situation that would entail regime change in Tehran, with the demise of the Islamic Republic that Khomeini founded in 1979.
The information offered by the Hebrew media in recent hours has been one of more or less restrained satisfaction. The Israeli population has endured considerable military education for years. Young children in schools receive visits from soldiers, and society as a whole reveres the army armed and funded by the United States.
On Saturday morning, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic said that Trump had turned his presidential campaign slogan "America first" in "Israel first"The Iranians believe that the Zionist lobby in the United States dictates Washington's policy, and this is particularly evident in the Middle East.
This week, the Israeli government leaked that its preferred system of government for Iran is the return of the Shah's son, who lives in the United States and has visited Israel. The Iranian people surely support this idea, but the Shah's son is not very popular with many citizens.
It is difficult to know where the attacks launched this Saturday will lead. But we must not forget that the Islamic Republic has the support of a significant part of the population—if a new regime finally comes to power—it will not have an easy time consolidating itself, and it is possible that a scenario of permanent instability will be created that requires the application of repression and violence in the United States. A poll published on Friday reveals that for the first time in history, Americans sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel, an unusual fact that not only takes root among Democratic Party voters but is also This is very important among Republicans. In Europe, where supporters of the Palestinian cause have been in the majority for many years, this does not translate into a European policy favorable to the Palestinians. European leaders, like their American counterparts, simply implement their pro-Israel policies, even if they occasionally make statements favorable to the Palestinians.