To discuss this topic, we must first understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: there is an explanation on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict#
The war between Israel, Iran, and their proxies that began on October 7, 2023, has now been going on for a full 300 days! This is the longest, most intense, and most challenging war in the history of Israel, with the most unfavorable international environment and the most severe domestic divisions.
Today, not only is there no sign of this war stopping, but with Israel's strikes on Yemen, Lebanon, and Iran, and with terrorist leaders being eliminated one after another, it is highly likely to escalate into a full-scale war between Israel and Iran and its proxies.
What is the Israel-Iran war really about? What are Israel's goals?
In short, Israel wants to rebuild its strategic deterrence in the Middle East through this war!
As a small country surrounded by powerful enemies with no strategic depth, Israel's foundation lies in its strategic deterrence capability. The purpose of this strategic deterrence is to make the leaders and people of neighboring countries understand that Israel is not the weak Jews who have been repeatedly oppressed throughout history without daring to fight back. The territorial sovereignty of the State of Israel cannot be violated! The lives and security of the Israeli people cannot be infringed upon!
This principle of strategic deterrence is naturally reasonable for any sovereign country in the world and is a well-known simple truth. However, due to deep-rooted anti-Semitism in the Western and Islamic worlds, discrimination, persecution, oppression, and even the killing of Jews are considered reasonable behaviors. Therefore, neighboring countries disregard Israel's sovereignty and treat the lives of the Israeli people as a joke, thinking they can attack and kill at will. The international anti-Semitism forces, represented by the Western left-wing elites, shamelessly defend and support these racist and terrorist acts that blatantly trample on international law and humanitarian principles, using their power to exert pressure on Israel from various aspects such as news, academia, street movements, parliamentary politics, and international organizations, attempting to force the Jewish state to submit and make concessions. Faced with this dangerous environment, Israel has no choice but to rise up and defend its rights and dignity. Every day, Israel fights with its back against the wall, with no way out! Israel must ensure that any act that threatens its sovereignty and security will be severely punished, and its enemies must pay tenfold or even a hundredfold for their actions!
By the early 1990s, after five Middle East wars and the sacrifice of thousands of Israeli heroes and heroines, Israel had built up a strong strategic deterrence capability. Every country around Israel understood that provoking Israel would have unimaginable consequences, so no one dared to go to war with Israel. However, with the development of the "Middle East peace process" in the past thirty years, Israel's strategic deterrence has been gradually eroded and reached the brink of collapse in the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023.
The "Middle East peace process" is not without its merits. For Israel, joining this process has allowed it to gain more international recognition, secure more living space, and catch up with the fast-moving train of globalization, making significant progress in the economic and technological fields. However, the harm caused to Israel's national security by this process is also enormous. Strengthening relations with the international community has also meant that Israel is increasingly constrained and influenced by the unfriendly international atmosphere. The actions of the Israeli military and security agencies have become more cautious, and politicians are more eager to retreat than to attack. At the same time, terrorist organizations armed and supported by Iran have become more brazen, with their attacks escalating from individual suicide bombings to hundreds or even thousands of rocket attacks, culminating in the massacre on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israeli territory and carried out hours of inhumane massacres, rapes, burning people alive, and roasting babies in ovens. When the Middle East peace process began, Israel was promised "land for peace." However, over the past thirty years, Israel has given away large tracts of land, and not only has peace been elusive, but security has also become a problem.
Therefore, this war is not about hostages, not about land, and not even about Hamas. It is about Israel's deterrence power - Israel must correct the adverse consequences brought about by the "Middle East peace process" and ensure that the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon do not pose a threat to the State of Israel. Therefore, Hamas' armed forces must be eliminated, and Hamas' rule must be overthrown; UN Resolution 1701 must be implemented, and Hezbollah must not cross the Litani River. If Hezbollah refuses to comply with the UN resolution, Israel must use force to ensure that these resolutions are implemented! Israel must strike at Iran's armed forces and strategic facilities, making Iran pay a heavy price for its decades of anti-Israel activities. The key point of this war is not "Iron Domeism," not about reducing Israel's losses, but about inflicting significant losses on the enemy; not about defending its own airspace, but about bringing the war to the enemy's land.
Israel has the determination, will, strength, and international support to achieve its goals, and not even the obstacles posed by the Biden administration can stop Israel's progress. This war will last as long as it needs to, and Israel will bear whatever losses it must. Israel's enemies should not expect to escape unscathed - let them suffer the collapse of their houses, let them bleed from their heads, and let them have no way out! Israel will no longer fall for the "Middle East peace process." With the collapse of the globalization process, the benefits it brought are far outweighed by the harm it has caused to Israel's security. Israel can accept resolving the Middle East conflict within the framework of the "Abraham Accords," but this depends on whether Trump can win in the US presidential election in November this year.
"Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident." (Psalm 27:3)