The war in Gaza is celebrating its second anniversary and the situation has finally come to an end. However, Israel does not intend to stop the war. Netanyahu's next step is to find a way to save himself?
After accepting U.S. President Trump's "20-point plan", Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said he was convening cabinet members to approve the ceasefire.
At the same time, Hamas has finally given up, promising to exchange hostages as long as it ensures Israel's full withdrawal and ends the conflict in Gaza.
If nothing unexpected happens, the conflict in Gaza should come to an end. However, the dawn of peace that everyone has been eagerly awaiting is still difficult to shine on this ancient land of the Middle East.
Simply put, Gaza is just a target for Israeli operations abroad, and not the only target, as the Israeli army intensified its operations in southern Lebanon at the time of negotiations on a peace deal with Israel, killing a Hezbollah member; last month, the Israeli army also bombed several Houthi armed leaders.
The ultimate goal of these operations is to break down the Arc of Resistance, weaken the Iranian-dominated military alliance, and even completely destroy Iran.
This is what Netanyahu personally said last month when he told the Israeli military that the country’s new year’s goal was “to destroy the Iranian axis.”
Of course, saying one thing, doing another thing, Iran really fought, and it is still unknown who killed the deer, Netanyahu placed the target on Iran, probably also to save himself.
Because he led the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has been on the wanted list of the International Criminal Court. Even if the conflict ends, it does not mean that his guilt will be written off. In addition, dissatisfaction with him in Israel is also deepening day by day, and calls for the opening of a general election are endless.
Now, Netanyahu relies entirely on his wartime state to forcibly maintain his position as prime minister. Once the situation is completely calmed down, he will always pay the price for his evil deeds. Therefore, continuing to delay the foreign war is also Netanyahu's means to give himself a "political renewal."
As for why it has to target Iran, it is naturally because that country is the country most likely to possess nuclear weapons in the Islamic world. Once Iran has nuclear weapons, Israel will no longer be able to wield power in the Middle East, and the regional strategy built by the United States and Israel will collapse.
Therefore, after the Gaza conflict ends, Netanyahu's goal for Israel is probably that "no big war will be fought and no small war will stop." The United States will also ensure that Israel is the only military hegemon in the Middle East and will not end sanctions against Iran.
However, how long can a regime that has been hiding from the first, can not be hiding from the fifteen, an increasing number of Israelis hate war, a gradually losing heart, and can be sustained by wartime regulations?
It can be expected that if the new Israeli regime comes to power, it will likely regard Netanyahu as an "abandoned son" in order to calm the anger of the international community and will not be likely to pay for his crimes.
On the contrary, giving the world a satisfactory explanation will not only revitalize Israel's international image, but also give itself prestige.
In this case, Iran would not start the war otherwise, but the end after Netanyahu's departure will probably not be very good.