ISRAEL LONELER THAN EVER

What has Netanyahu obtained with his policy of criminal bombings in Gaza and his systematic rejection of a permanent ceasefire that would allow the end of the war and the freedom of the hostages?

This policy has led Israel to be more alone than ever internationally. Even his main ally, his maximum protector, the United States, are fed up with this character and would feel satisfied if Netanyahu left office and was replaced by a less sectarian government; more prudent and more committed to peace in the Middle East.

Netanyahu, on the other hand, is an arsonist. His policy of flight forward leads him to “the worse the better”, and according to American analysts, he is so crazy that he is now seeking a new war with Iran and would prepare intimidation operations in that sense.

For this reason, the Israeli prime minister has not only become a concern for the American president, Biden, but now for all of humanity. If Netanyahu provokes Iran, and even attacks it with greater intensity than he did on April 19 in Isfahan, a war of incalculable proportions would break out.

It is well known that the obligation of every leader is to work for peace and the reduction of periods of tension that raise fear and concern. But now we have discovered a paranoid character who, after Gaza, wants to go to war against Iran, which he considers responsible for the activity of terrorist groups that commit attacks against the Jewish state.

Israel believes that Iran poses an existential threat as evidenced by Tehran's rhetoric, its build-up of proxy forces in the region including the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah that are sworn to Israel's destruction, and its funding and arming of Palestinian groups including Hamas.

This is true, but it does not justify a fatal explosion that would affect the Middle East. Netanyahu knows this, but he cares very little; and he has already demonstrated that he does not heed Washington's requests not to add more oil to the fire. Proof of this is his decision to carry out a military operation against Rafah, even if an agreement is reached on a humanitarian pause that allows the release of the hostages held by Hamas.

T he agreement on a temporary pause appears to be closer than ever after the latest series of negotiations involving Qatar and Egypt as mediators. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, believes that an agreement will be reached in the coming days. Talks continue this Sunday in Cairo. Hamas, for its part, asks that the United States give guarantees that Israel will not carry out a military operation against Rafah, which would mean a huge massacre of the Palestinian civilian population.

The Palestinian death toll now stands at 34,683, according to Gaza authorities, and Israeli bombing continues unabated. Israel also attacks the territory of Lebanon to hit the Hizbollah movement. Netanyahu does not stop. A war against Tehran now?