The world enjoys the results of Israel’s wars and the huge human price it paid, but refuses to admit who made them possible.
When President Trump says that the US killed the Iranian regime and its leader, he is really speaking about what Israel began in the second stage of the war against Iran. It was Israel that struck first, Israel that shattered the illusion of Iranian invincibility, and Israel that paid the price.
When Lebanese voices dare to attack Hezbollah in the media, they rarely admit the obvious: this could only happen because Israel smashed Hezbollah’s command structure. Israel eliminated senior commanders, then eliminated many of those who replaced them. Israel created the space in which Lebanese critics suddenly found courage.
And when Gazans took to the streets last Friday to protest against Hamas, that too did not happen in a vacuum. Hamas did not suddenly become weak because of a change of heart. It became vulnerable because Israel went to war against it, destroyed its battalions, hunted its commanders, and broke the fear that Hamas had imposed on Gaza for years.
