The shameless Israeli aggression against Qatar proved beyond any doubt that West Asia stands at a precipice, teetering between unending aggression and the dawn of genuine cooperation. At the heart of this turmoil lies the Israeli regime’s relentless campaign of destabilization, which has plunged the region into chaos and suffering. From the ongoing genocide in Gaza—where tens of thousand of Palestinians have been killed, entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble, and a humanitarian catastrophe engineered through blockade and starvation—to the systematic ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, almost daily attacks against Yemen, Syria and Lebanon and now Qatar, the picture is one of unbridled aggression.
Israeli bombardments observe no red line. In Iran, the assassination of scientists and attacks on our facilities amount to clear acts of state terrorism. In Qatar, the terrorist aggression against peace negotiators highlights that peace is the only existential threat to Israel. These actions cannot be dismissed as the excesses of a “far-right” cabinet; they form part of a broader, calculated strategy to bully the entire region to submit to ruthless dominance.
This strategy is rooted in the insidious vision of “Greater Israel,” an expansionist project that seeks to establish Israel as the unchallenged hegemon in the region, subordinating all neighboring states to its will. To realize this dystopian dream, the Israeli regime employs tools of unbridled military aggression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and annexation. The project demands a grotesque distortion of history—rewriting narratives to justify occupation and dispossession—while endangering the lives of millions and threatening the very existence of regional states. At its core, “Greater Israel” envisions annexing vast territories: the entirety of Palestine, swathes of Jordan’s Jordan Valley, southern Lebanon up to the Litany River, the Golan Heights and beyond in Syria, parts of Iraq’s western regions, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, and even the northwest Hijaz region of Saudi Arabia.
This barbaric delusion aims to dismantle the edifice of international law, dissolve accountability through political pressure, ridicule the International Court of Justice’s rulings on genocide, occupation, and apartheid, and secure ironclad immunity through unwavering support from Western powers, particularly the United States. This shielding allows Israel to bomb, murder and injure at will and with impunity, turning the region into a jungle of perpetual savagery.